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rebaptize, v.|riːbæpˈtaɪz|
[a. late L. rebaptizāre: cf. F. rebaptiser (14th c.).]
1. trans. To baptize again or anew.
Common c 1550–1650: see note to prec.
1460J. Capgrave Chron. 77 The Donatistes sey that..thoo that schuld come to her secte must be rebaptized. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, If they [infants] be baptysed that they ought to be rebaptised when they come to lawful age. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. i. iii. (1636) 165 They are accused of rebaptizing themselves yeerely. 1699Burnet 39 Art. xxiii. (1700) 261 We do not Annul such Baptisms, nor Rebaptise Persons so Baptised. 1736Chandler Hist. Persec. 332 Whosoever was discovered to re-baptize any person, should forfeit twenty dollars. 1817Byron Beppo xcviii, His wife received, the patriarch re-baptized him. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 34 The question of rebaptizing heretics was settled by the Council of Arles.
absol.1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxii. §6 The Bishop..yet durst not aduenture to rebaptise. 1678Lively Orac. vi. §11 You say 'tis lawful to rebaptize, we say 'tis not lawful.
b. transf. and fig.
1635Quarles Embl. iii. i. 125 You whose better thoughts are newly born, And (rebaptiz'd with holy fire) can [etc.]. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 34 While he rebaptiz'd himself in Tears. 1742Young Nt. Th. iv. 738 Reason rebaptiz'd me when adult. 1818Byron Mazeppa xiv, With a temporary strength My stiffen'd limbs were re⁓baptized. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion i. iii. 29 They consent to see Themselves in sacred marble rebaptized.
2. To give a new name to; to name afresh.
1596Raleigh Discov. Gviana 24 Baraquan farther down is also rebaptized by the name of Orenoque. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 101 What is practised by many is..relinquishing their proper appellations, to re-baptise them [herbs] by the names of Saints [etc.]. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. iii. Wks. (1851) 106 Of any Paganism..we read not, or that Pelagianism was rebaptiz'd. 1828Lights & Shades II. 142 Every misnamed ‘gentleman’ who reads this proposal for re-baptizing him. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. xiii, That name, with which sorrow had rebaptized her.
Hence rebapˈtized ppl. a.
1620Quarles Div. Poems, Jonah (1638) 34 The voice of heavens high Commander..Came downe..to Jonah new⁓born Man, To re-baptized Jonah. 1657Austen Fruit Trees ii. 192 Some are for the Episcopal way,..some for the Rebaptized way. |