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anabaptise

anabaptise is the alternative form of anabaptize.

Meaning of anabaptize

Verb

anabaptize (third-person singular simple present anabaptizes, present participle anabaptizing, simple past and past participle anabaptized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To baptize or christen again, or to a different denomination; to rename or rechristen
    • To say truth, though some call their profound Ignorances, New Lights, they were better Anabaptised into the Appellation of Extinguishers; carryed about with every winde.1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English

Forms of anabaptise

third-person singular presentanabaptises
present participleanabaptising
past participleanabaptised
pastanabaptised

Questions about anabaptise

What is anabaptise the alternative form of?
Anabaptise is the alternative form of anabaptize.

Words near anabaptise in the dictionary

  1. anabantids
  2. anabantiform
  3. anabantiforms
  4. anabantoid
  5. anabantoids
  6. anabaptise
  7. anabaptised
  8. anabaptises
  9. anabaptising
  10. Anabaptism
  11. Anabaptisms

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