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What does baptize mean?

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Verb
  1. (Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
  2. To dedicate or christen.
  3. (archaic, slang) Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.
  4. (slang) To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
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It also was somewhat dangerous to baptize an infant in winter, in the Danube, the Weser, or the Elbe.
Many of those traditions which do not baptize children mark their welcome into the community in some way.
On the contrary, he continued to baptize publicly, and to preach clearly things that connected with people's daily lives.
Now we delight in our supposed freedom to baptize without catechizing, and to receive communicants without repentance.
The decision to baptize chips under a thin liquid stratum will allow the making of circuits with features that measure the breadth of a virus.
The other arguments, like the need to evangelize the Indians and baptize them, presuppose the previous ones.

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