Unbaptize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To undo the process of baptism for (someone). transitive
"Niezu soon arrived to enjoy his triumph, and unbaptize the children of the Reduction. This curious ceremony was performed by washing the head with hot water, rubbing sand upon the tongue, and scraping it with a shell, to bring clean away any remains of the salt with which it had been touched; […]"
Antonyms
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More examples"Niezu soon arrived to enjoy his triumph, and unbaptize the children of the Reduction. This curious ceremony was performed by washing the head with hot water, rubbing sand upon the tongue, and scraping it with a shell, to bring clean away any remains of the salt with which it had been touched; […]"
Etymology
From un- + baptize.