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Word: Rebaptize
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English; earliest use found in John Capgrave (1393–1464), prior of Bishop's Lynn, theologian, and historian. From re- + baptize, after post-classical Latin rebaptizare (3rd century) and Middle French, French rebaptiser
To baptize (a person) again.
Figurative and in extended use. especially to renew, rejuvenate, reinvigorate.
To give a new name to (especially when baptized into the Christian Church from another religion); to rename.
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