Rebaptize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To baptize again. transitive

    "She's a freako religious number, pushing Christians into any trough of water handy to rebaptize them."

  2. 2
    To rename. transitive

    "After the fire destroyed the Bronx pub, it was rebaptized “The Bronx 2”."

Synonyms

All synonyms
rename

Example

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"She's a freako religious number, pushing Christians into any trough of water handy to rebaptize them."

Etymology

From re- + baptize.

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