rename

British

/ riːˈneɪm /

verb

to change the name of (someone or something)

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And though the recently renamed Lindhal Auditorium remains unadorned for the occasion, the expansive lobby and some adjacent indoor and outdoor areas are transformed, as was the case last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

They call his name and rename streets for him in the hope the U.S. might help them.

From The Wall Street Journal

The group quickly discovered that a band called the Warlocks already existed and renamed themselves the Grateful Dead, a term Garcia found in a dictionary.

From Los Angeles Times

His designers started calling themselves Imagineers that same decade, but the division wasn’t renamed Walt Disney Imagineering until 1986.

From The Wall Street Journal

For example, the oil tanker that was seized in the Atlantic on Wednesday was renamed to the Marinera a few days after the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

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