anabaptize

verb

anabaptize

verb

Etymology From New Latin anabaptizāre, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “again”) + βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō, “to baptize”). See baptize and Anabaptist.

1

Archaic To baptize or christen again, or to a different denomination; to rename or rechristen

  • To say truth, though some call their profound Ignorances, New Lights, they were better Anabaptised into the Appellation of Extinguishers; carryed about with every winde.1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:

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