rechristen
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rechristen (third-person singular simple present rechristens, present participle rechristening, simple past and past participle rechristened)
- (transitive) To christen or baptize again.
- (transitive) To rename.
- 2022, Victor Bailey, Nineteenth-Century Crime and Punishment, page 295:
- Jewellery is broken up; watches are 'rechristened.' The 'fences' or receivers of stolen goods are of all grades, and serve every sort of thief; and in Hoxton thieves of every kind seem to be represented.