rechristen

English

Etymology

re- + christen

Verb

rechristen (third-person singular simple present rechristens, present participle rechristening, simple past and past participle rechristened)

  1. (transitive) To christen or baptize again.
  2. (transitive) To rename.
    • 2022, Victor Bailey, Nineteenth-Century Crime and Punishment, page 295:
      Jewellery is broken up; watches are 'rechristened.' The 'fences' or receivers of stolen goods are of all grades, and serve every sort of thief; and in Hoxton thieves of every kind seem to be represented.

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