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
They were forbidden to rebaptize or to assemble together, under penalties of fine and confiscation.
From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan
These excursions to the haunts of youth seemed to rebaptize him, and then his eloquence took a pastoral character, and Isaac Walton himself would have loved to hear him.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
They would not even have been heretics without their claim to rebaptize.
From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan
