anabaptize

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verb

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

OriginNew Latin anabaptizāre ← Ancient Greek ἀνα- →
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Meanings

verbanabaptize (third-person singular simple present anabaptizes, present participle anabaptizing, simple past and past participle anabaptized)

present singular third person anabaptizes · participle present anabaptizing · participle past anabaptized · past anabaptized

  1. archaictransitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀνα-“again”
  2. New Latinanabaptizāre
  3. Englishanabaptize

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

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APA

anabaptize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anabaptize

MLA

“anabaptize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anabaptize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anabaptize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anabaptize.

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