transitive. To baptize.

transitive. To christen or baptize (a person); to admit (a person) into the Christian Church. Also: to anoint (a person). Chiefly in passive.

To immerse in baptism; to baptize by immersion (now usually contemptuous). In quot. 1602 = christen, v. 3. Also absol.

transitive. To baptize; = fulghten, v.

transitive. To baptize.

transitive. To immerse in water, or pour or sprinkle water upon, as a means of ceremonial purification, or in token of initiation into a religious…

Said with reference to baptism.

transitive. To baptize or initiate (a person) into the Christian church by spiritual agency, martyrdom, etc. Obsolete.

spec. To receive at baptism.

transitive. To sprinkle. Usually with with. Now rare.