anabaptize

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English

Etymology

From New Latin anabaptizāre, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, again) + βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō, to baptize). See baptize and Anabaptist.

Verb

anabaptize (third-person singular simple present anabaptizes, present participle anabaptizing, simple past and past participle anabaptized)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To baptize or christen again, or to a different denomonation; to rename or rechristen
    • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
      To say truth, though some call their profound Ignorances, New Lights, they were better Anabaptised into the Appellation of Extinguishers; carryed about with every winde.

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