baptized

/ˈbæp.taɪzd/

verbbap · tized

Remember the silent letter: **BAP** has a quiet **T**—“**bap(t)** then **ized**.”

Yes, it's baptized. The tricky part is the **silent t**: it’s spelled **bapti-** but sounds like **bap-**.

Definitions

  1. verbpast tense and past participle of baptize; to perform a religious ceremony in which someone is admitted into a faith, typically by water.
  2. verbto name or dedicate something formally (often in a ceremonial way).

Examples

  • “She was baptized as an infant in her family’s church.”
  • “The captain baptized the new ship with a bottle of champagne before its first voyage.”
  • “He decided to be baptized after months of studying the faith.”

Synonyms

christenedinitiatedconsecrateddedicatednamed

Antonyms

excommunicatedrenounced

Translations

ES bautizadoPT batizadoFR baptisé

Common misspellings

baptisedbaptizeddbaptizdbaptizedbaptiziedbaptizsedbaptiz'd

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