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English
Etymology
From re- + baptize.
Verb
rebaptize (third-person singular simple present rebaptizes, present participle rebaptizing, simple past and past participle rebaptized)
- (transitive) To baptize again.
1976 August 14, Bunny LaRue, “Levitation Anyone?”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 5:She's a freako religious number, pushing Christians into any trough of water handy to rebaptize them.
- (transitive) To rename.
After the fire destroyed the Bronx pub, it was rebaptized “The Bronx 2”.
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