verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To render unchristian. transitive

   "to constrain him furder were to unchristen him , to unman him , to throw the mountain of Sinai upon him"

2. 2
   To undo the act of christening.

Example

More examples

"to constrain him furder were to unchristen him , to unman him , to throw the mountain of Sinai upon him"

Etymology

From un- + christen.

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