unbaptise
unbaptise is the alternative form of unbaptize.
Meaning of unbaptize
Verb
unbaptize (third-person singular simple present unbaptizes, present participle unbaptizing, simple past and past participle unbaptized)
- To undo the process of baptism for (someone).
- Niezu soon arrived to enjoy his triumph, and unbaptize the children of the Reduction. This curious ceremony was performed by washing the head with hot water, rubbing sand upon the tongue, and scraping it with a shell, to bring clean away any remains of the salt with which it had been touched; […]1817, Robert Southey, chapter XXIII, in History of Brazil, 2nd part, London: […] [William Pople] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], →OCLC, page 296
Forms of unbaptise
| third-person singular present | unbaptises |
|---|---|
| present participle | unbaptising |
| past participle | unbaptised |
| past | unbaptised |
Origin of unbaptise
From un- + baptise.
Questions about unbaptise
- What is unbaptise the alternative form of?
- Unbaptise is the alternative form of unbaptize.
Words near unbaptise in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbaptise (page history and authors); unbaptize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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