unbaptize

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verb

To undo the process of baptism for (someone).

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Meanings

verbunbaptize (third-person singular simple present unbaptizes, present participle unbaptizing, simple past and past participle unbaptized)

present singular third person unbaptizes · participle present unbaptizing · participle past unbaptized · past unbaptized · alternative unbaptise

  1. transitiveTo undo the process of baptism for (someone).

    Niezu soon arrived to enjoy his triumph, and unbaptize the children of the Reduction. This curious ceremony was performed by washing the head with hot water, rubbing sand upon the tongue, and scraping it with a shell, to bring clean away any remains of the salt with which it had been touched; […]

    1817, Robert Southey, chapter XXIII, in History of Brazil, 2nd part, London: […] [William Pople] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], →OCLC, page 296

Origin

From un- + baptize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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