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anabaptize

anabaptize verb: to baptize or christen again, or to a different denomination; to rename or rechristen.

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 anabaptize

third-person singular presentanabaptizes
present participleanabaptizing
past participleanabaptized
pastanabaptized

Origin of anabaptize

From New Latin anabaptizāre, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “again”) + βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō, “to baptize”). See baptize and Anabaptist.

Questions about anabaptize

What does anabaptize mean?
Anabaptize means to baptize or christen again, or to a different denomination; to rename or rechristen.
What part of speech is anabaptize?
Anabaptize is a verb.
What is the past tense of anabaptize?
The past tense of anabaptize is anabaptized.

Words near anabaptize in the dictionary

  1. Anabaptistical
  2. Anabaptistically
  3. Anabaptistries
  4. Anabaptistry
  5. anabaptists
  6. anabaptize
  7. anabaptized
  8. anabaptizes
  9. anabaptizing
  10. anabas
  11. anabaseine

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