christens

Verb

christen (third-person singular simple present christens, present participle christening, simple past and past participle christened)

1. (transitive) To perform the religious rite of baptism upon; to baptize.
   • The new baby was christened at the village church.
2. (broadly, transitive) To name.
   • I christen this ship the Bonny Barnacle.
3. (obsolete) To Christianize.
   • I must tell you that christianity hath new christened it1657, Jeremy Taylor, Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship
4. (colloquial) To use for the first time.
   • I christened my new boots today with a walk in the snow.
5. (informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
   • Thus was De Witt's colony, like Austin's, at the mouth of the Colorado, christened in blood, and thus for the moment ended the first effort to found a settlement within its limits.1892, John Henry Brown, History of Texas; from 1685 to 1892 - Volume 1, page 127