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baptize Hist. 
v. See quotes.
- 1761 (1961) On this southern side is a remarkable point of sand . . . on which it is customary to baptize novices.
- 1800 (1820) By all those on board, who have never passed certain places, they expect to be treated with something to drink; and should a person refuse to comply with their requisitions, he would be sure of being plunged into the water, which they profanely call, baptizing him.
- 1931 Soon after leaving Ste. Anne's all clerks or bourgeois who had never before accompanied a brigade into the interior were given to understand that they would be "baptized" in the chilly waters of the river if they did not moisten the whistles of their men.
- 1761 (1961) On this southern side is a remarkable point of sand . . . on which it is customary to baptize novices.