baptize
verb (used with object)
to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.
rebaptize
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a word derived from
baptize.
Example Sentences
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Ready to rebaptize ourselves as single women, we dimmed the lights, arranged our baked goods around the edge of the tub and slipped into the water.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
Will they rebaptize the streets and dismantle the monument to Vladimir Ilyich?
From Time Magazine Archive
It was quite lively to rebaptize Rundway Down as Run-away-down, after a royal victory, and to remark how Hazlerig's regiment of "lobsters" turned to crabs, on that occasion, and crawled backwards.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various
But the youth was not quite so far gone as to rebaptize himself with a female cognomen just yet.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Charles Maurice Davies
They would not even have been heretics without their claim to rebaptize.
From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan
