rebaptize

English

Alternative forms

rebaptise

Etymology

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”.

Related terms

rebaptism

Translations

to baptize again

French: rebaptiser (fr)
German: wieder taufen
Greek: αναβαπτίζω (el) (anavaptízo)
Portuguese: rebatizar
Volapük: feablunedön

to name again

German: umtaufen (de), umbenennen (de), neu benennen, mit einem neuen Namen versehen
Portuguese: rebatizar

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