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rebaptize

rebaptize verb: to baptize again.

Verb

rebaptize (third-person singular simple present rebaptizes, present participle rebaptizing, simple past and past participle rebaptized)

  1. (transitive) To baptize again.
    • She's a freako religious number, pushing Christians into any trough of water handy to rebaptize them.1976 August 14, Bunny LaRue, “Levitation Anyone?”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 5
  2. (transitive) To rename.
    • After the fire destroyed the Bronx pub, it was rebaptized “The Bronx 2”.

Forms of rebaptize

third-person singular presentrebaptizes
present participlerebaptizing
past participlerebaptized
pastrebaptized
alternative formrebaptise

Origin of rebaptize

From re- + baptize.

Words formed from rebaptize

Questions about rebaptize

What does rebaptize mean?
Rebaptize means to baptize again.
What part of speech is rebaptize?
Rebaptize is a verb.
What is the past tense of rebaptize?
The past tense of rebaptize is rebaptized.

Words near rebaptize in the dictionary

  1. rebaptism
  2. rebaptismal
  3. rebaptisms
  4. rebaptization
  5. rebaptizations
  6. rebaptize
  7. rebaptized
  8. rebaptizer
  9. rebaptizers
  10. rebaptizes
  11. rebaptizing

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