baptisen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Old French baptiser,[1] batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizare, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge, baptize”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bapˈtiːzən/, /ˈbaptiːzən/[2]

    Verb

    baptisen

    1. To baptise, christen (perform a baptism).
    2. (reflexive) To receive a baptism.
    3. (rare) To purify or consecrate.
    4. (rare) To give a name, christen.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of baptisen (weak in -ed)
    infinitive (to) baptisen, baptise
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular baptise baptised
    2nd-person singular baptisest baptisedest
    3rd-person singular baptiseth baptised
    subjunctive singular baptise
    imperative singular —
    plural1 baptisen, baptise baptiseden, baptisede
    imperative plural baptiseth, baptise —
    participles baptisynge, baptisende baptised, ybaptised

    1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Descendants

    • English: baptize, baptise
    • Scots: bapteese

    References

    1. ^ “baptīsen, -īzen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.
    2. ^ Nöjd, Ruben (1919), “Stressed Vowels and Diphthongs”, in The vocalism of Romanic words in Chaucer‎[1], Part II, Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, →OCLC, page 86.
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