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Definition of Rechristens
1. rechristen [v] - See also: rechristen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rechristens
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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