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# baptized

«baptized» in Mova's school dictionary: **to sprinkle or dip them in water as a sign that they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (baptize, baptizes, baptized, baptizing)

### meaning for a pupil

To baptize someone is to sprinkle or dip them in water as a sign that they become a member of the Christian church, often given a name at the same time. (Baptised is the British spelling.) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptized/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a child is baptized in the church, and the people remember the day with a feast or a gift

### examples

- The baby was baptized in the church last Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptized/#x1)
- The priest baptized the girl with water from the font. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptized/#x2)
- The new Christians were baptized in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptized/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «baptized» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptized/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.