chris·ten 
(krĭsən)
(krĭsən)tr.v. chris·tened, chris·ten·ing, chris·tens
1.
a. To baptize into a Christian church.
b. To give a name to at baptism.
2.
a. To name: christened the kitten "Snowball."
b. To name and dedicate ceremonially: christen a ship.
3. To use for the first time: christened the new car by going for a drive.
[Middle English cristnen, from Old English cristnian, from cristen, Christian; see CHRISTIAN.]
- blacking
- blackish
- blackjack
- "Black Jack."
- black knot
- black lead
- blackleg
- black-legged tick
- black letter
- black light
- black liquor
- blacklist
- blacklister
- black locust
- black lung
- blackly
- black magic
- blackmail
- blackmailer
- Black Maria
- black market
- black-market
- black-market
- black-marketeer
- black-marketeering