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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)
- (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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