To dedicate or christen.
The general practice in the West Indies was to baptize, add color, and otherwise adulterate rum to make it appear better.
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(figurative) To Christianize.
In 1833 Charles Kingsley wrote of the Royal Victora Hall in the Waterloo Road as 'a licensed pit of darkness'. The darkness remained unrelieved until, in 1880, Miss Emma Cons took over the lease and baptized the drinks that were served a…
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(Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
There's a good tavern nearby where they don't baptize liquor!
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