baptize
/bæpˈtaɪz/(亦作-ise)
verb
with obj. and often with complement
1- administer baptism to (someone); christen给（某人）施洗礼; 洗礼时命名为：
he was baptized Joshua.
他受洗礼并被命名乔舒亚。
1.1
- admit (someone) into a specified Church by baptism施洗并接受（某人）入教：
Mark had been baptized a Catholic.
马克曾受洗成为一名天主教徒。
1.2
- give a name or nickname to为…命名; 将…昵称为：
he baptized the science of narrative 'narratology'.
他把叙述科学命名为“叙述学”。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin baptizare, from Greek baptizein 'immerse， baptize'.