rebaptize

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verb

To baptize again.

“After the fire destroyed the Bronx pub, it was rebaptized “The Bronx 2”.”

OriginEnglish baptize ← Middle English baptisen ← Old French baptiser →
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Meanings

verbrebaptize (third-person singular simple present rebaptizes, present participle rebaptizing, simple past and past participle rebaptized)

present singular third person rebaptizes · participle present rebaptizing · participle past rebaptized · past rebaptized · alternative rebaptise

  1. transitiveTo 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. transitiveTo rename.

    After the fire destroyed the Bronx pub, it was rebaptized “The Bronx 2”.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rename

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeh₂bʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷh₂bʰyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷápt͏̌ō
  9. Ancient Greekβάπτω (báptō)
  10. Ancient Greekβαπτίζω (baptízō)
  11. Late Latinbaptizō
  12. Old Frenchbaptiser
  13. Middle Englishbaptisen
  14. Englishbaptize
  15. Englishrebaptize

From re- + baptize.

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Translations

Dutch wederdopen, herdopen
  • wederdopento baptize again
  • herdopento baptize again
  • omdopento name again
  • herdopento name again
French rebaptiser
  • rebaptiserto baptize again
German wieder taufen, umtaufen
  • wieder taufento baptize again
  • umtaufento name again
  • umbenennento name again
  • neu benennento name again
  • mit einem neuen Namen versehento name again
Greek αναβαπτίζω
  • αναβαπτίζω (anavaptízo)to baptize again
Polish ponownie chrzcić, ponownie ochrzcić
  • ponownie chrzcićto baptize again
  • ponownie ochrzcićto baptize again
  • przechrzcićto name again
Portuguese rebatizar, rebatizar
  • rebatizarto baptize again
  • rebatizarto name again
Cite this entry
APA

rebaptize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebaptize

MLA

“rebaptize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebaptize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebaptize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebaptize.

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