rebaptize
verbEtymology From re- + baptize.
1
To baptize again.
- She's a freako religious number, pushing Christians into any trough of water handy to rebaptize them.1976 August 14, Bunny LaRue, “Levitation Anyone?”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 5:
2
To rename.
- After the fire destroyed the Bronx pub, it was rebaptized “The Bronx 2”.
- Derived terms
- rebaptizer
- Related terms
- rebaptism