Third-person singular present tense: performs the sacrament of baptism on someone, typically by immersing or sprinkling with water.
From Greek baptizein 'to dip, immerse, or plunge.' English verb form emerging in Middle English from religious terminology.
The original Greek word literally means 'to dip' or 'to dye'—like dunking cloth in water to change its color—which is why early Baptists insisted on full immersion rather than sprinkling.
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