Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb baptise
1 sense of baptise
Sense 1
baptize, baptise, christen -- (administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized")
=> name, call -- (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")
Similarity of adj baptised
1 sense of baptised
Sense 1
baptized (vs. unbaptized), baptised -- (having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism)