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debaptize

verb

Etymology

From de- + baptize.

  1. derived from βαπτίζω — “to immerse, plunge, baptize”
  2. derived from baptizo
  3. derived from baptiser
  4. inherited from baptisen
  5. prefixed as debaptize — “de + baptize”

Definitions

  1. To undo the baptism of.

    • New street names cannot cause confusion with existing streets, nor is it any longer permitted to debaptize parts of streets in order to give them new names […]

  2. To rename or to remove a name from.

    • The volkisch leanings were therefore, for example, to debaptize the Christian festivals and consecrate them instead to the gods of the Teutons, who constituted the Volksgeist, the “heritage from the ancestors” or the genius of the race.
    • Fargue had persuaded Jarry to ‘debaptize’ him from the more explicit original title, Caméleo, ‘Leo’ being too obviously related to ‘Léon’.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA