rebaptize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂bʰyéti Proto-Hellenic *gʷápt͏̌ō Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō)bor. Late Latin baptizōder. Old French baptiserbor. Middle English baptisen English baptize English rebaptize From re- + baptize.
Meanings
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(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:
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(transitive) To rename.
After the fire destroyed the Bronx pub, it was rebaptized “The Bronx 2”.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rebaptized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rebaptized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| rebaptise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| rebaptizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rebaptizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
pt rebatizar (to name again) · pl ponownie chrzcić (to baptize again) · nl herdopen (to baptize again) · pt rebatizar (to baptize again) · de umtaufen (to name again) · de wieder taufen (to baptize again) · fr rebaptiser (to baptize again) · pl przechrzcić (to name again) · vo feablunedön (to baptize again) · de neu benennen (to name again) · el αναβαπτίζω (to baptize again) · de umbenennen (to name again) · nl herdopen (to name again) · de mit einem neuen Namen versehen (to name again) · nl omdopen (to name again) · pl ponownie ochrzcić (to baptize again) · nl wederdopen (to baptize again)