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anabaptize, v.|ˌænəbæpˈtaɪz|
[ad. med.L. anabaptīzā-re, ad. Gr. ἀναβαπτίζ-ειν to baptize repeatedly or over again, f. ἀνά- over again + βαπτίζειν to baptize.]
To baptize over again, re-baptize, re-christen; hence, to re-name.
1637J. Pocklington Sunday no Sabb. 6 And anabaptizing of it after the mind of some Jew..call it the Sabbath. 1663Butler Hudibr. i. iii. 40 As Achilles dipt in Pond, Was Anabaptiz'd free from wound. 1799Southey in C. Southey Life II. 31 The Dom Daniel romance is rechristened, anabaptized Thalaba the Destroyer. 1848H. Coleridge North. Worth. I. 82 Marvell..now anabaptized Dr. Turner as Mr. Smirke. |