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rebaptizing

rebaptizing is the present participle and gerund of rebaptize.

Meaning of rebaptize

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”.

Questions about rebaptizing

What is rebaptizing the present participle and gerund of?
Rebaptizing is the present participle and gerund of rebaptize.

Words near rebaptizing in the dictionary

  1. rebaptize
  2. rebaptized
  3. rebaptizer
  4. rebaptizers
  5. rebaptizes
  6. rebaptizing
  7. rebar
  8. rebarbarise
  9. rebarbarised
  10. rebarbarises
  11. rebarbarising

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