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Definition of Christens
1. christen [v] - See also: christen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christens
Literary usage of Christens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Her Hogarth-art perhaps she meant to show it) She forms the thing and christens
it—a poet ... christens ..."
2. Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald: Including Her Familiar Correspondence with the by James Boaden (1833)
"... admires it, christens it ' I'll tell you what'—Writes both Prologue and
Epilogue—Its original cast—Letters from Mr. Twiss of great importance— ..."
3. Lives of the Princesses of England, from the Norman Conquest by Mary Anne Everett Green (1857)
"Pleads for her sister Margaret—Visits Suffolk—christens a ship—Birth and baptism
of her son—At court with her sister Margaret—Visits Butley Abbey[Icr ..."
4. Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald: Including Her Familiar Correspondence with the by James Boaden (1833)
"... admires it, christens it ' 111 tell you what'—Writes both Prologue and
Epilogue—Its original cast—Letters from Mr. Twiss of great importance— Draft for ..."
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