baptisen
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizare, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge, baptize”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
baptisen
- To baptise, christen (perform a baptism).
- (reflexive) To receive a baptism.
- (rare) To purify or consecrate.
- (rare) To give a name, christen.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of baptisen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “baptīsen, -īzen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.
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