baptize

n. One who rebaptizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Baptized p. pr. & vb. n. Baptizing. ] [ F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr. Gr. bapti`zein. See Baptism. ] 1. To administer the sacrament of baptism to. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To christen (because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sanctify; to consecrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of baptizing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]