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unbaptize

unbaptize verb: to undo the process of baptism for (someone).

Verb

unbaptize (third-person singular simple present unbaptizes, present participle unbaptizing, simple past and past participle unbaptized)

  1. (transitive) 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 unbaptize

third-person singular presentunbaptizes
present participleunbaptizing
past participleunbaptized
pastunbaptized

Origin of unbaptize

From un- + baptize.

Questions about unbaptize

What does unbaptize mean?
Unbaptize means to undo the process of baptism for (someone).
What part of speech is unbaptize?
Unbaptize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbaptize?
The past tense of unbaptize is unbaptized.

Words near unbaptize in the dictionary

  1. unbaptises
  2. unbaptising
  3. unbaptism
  4. unbaptisms
  5. unbaptizable
  6. unbaptize
  7. unbaptized
  8. unbaptizes
  9. unbaptizing
  10. unbar
  11. unbarb

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