Definition of Rechristens

1. Verb. (third-person singular of rechristen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rechristens

1. rechristen [v] - See also: rechristen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rechristens

rechime
rechipping
rechless
rechoose
rechooses
rechoosing
rechoreograph
rechoreographed
rechoreographing
rechoreographs
rechose
rechosen
rechristen
rechristened
rechristening
rechristens (current term)
rechromatograph
rechurn
rechurned
rechurning
rechurns
recidivate
recidivated
recidivates
recidivating
recidivation
recidivism
recidivisms
recidivist
recidivistic

Literary usage of Rechristens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1892)
"While botanists may smile at the intellectually insular conceit which rechristens zoology, "biology"—as if animals were the only living things — and this is ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1874)
"Lady Lucy Bartlett, whom Paul Ferroll rechristens Dame Partlett, is as good as a play. The nouveau riche High Sheriff is a capital bit of farce ; and the ..."

3. The Development of the English Novel by Wilbur Lucius Cross (1899)
"He then rechristens the chief personages of Europe of his own time: Henry the Third of Prance becomes ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"It is because the religion of humanity takes (as he says) such a cheerful view of things in general that Mr. Mallock rechristens it " the creed of Optimism. ..."

5. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1893)
"He deliberately slashes a line from " Macbeth" to fill out his scene from " Hamlet," and rechristens the whole as " The Prince of Parthia"— QUEEN ..."

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