unbaptizev.
transitive. To divest (a person) of the effect of baptism. Also absol.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sbattezzare, to vnchristen, to vnbaptize.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 45 Ye have bin bold,..baptizing the Christian infant with a solemne sprinkle, and unbaptizing for your own part with a profane and impious forefinger.
1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II p. lxxi The Priest can baptize, but he can't un-baptize.
a1714 M. Henry Treat. Baptism in Wks. (1853) I. 549/1 To unchurch, unchristianize, unbaptize, all those who are not in every thing of our length, is..destructive to the catholic church.
1841 A. R. C. Dallas Past. Superintend. 147 Therefore, a person who acts thus would become a heathen if he could unbaptize himself.
1858 Edinb. Rev. July 220 In the Roman Catholic Church..a man can no more be unmarried than he can be unbaptized.
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