anabaptize

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, archaic) To baptize or christen again, or to a different denomonation; to rename or rechristen
   • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:

     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.

References

• “anabaptize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.