See christen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English cristenen, cristnien, from Old English cristnian (“to christen, baptise”), from cristen (“Christen, Christian”) + -nian. Cognate with Dutch kerstenen (“to christen”), Middle Low German kristenen, kerstenen, karstenen (“to christen”), Danish kristne (“to christen”) Swedish kristna (“to christen”), Icelandic kristna (“to christen”).",
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{
"form": "christens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "christening",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "christened",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"past"
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"English transitive verbs"
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{
"text": "The new baby was christened at the village church.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize."
],
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[
"baptism",
"baptism"
],
[
"baptize",
"baptize"
]
],
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"(transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I christen this ship the Bonny Barnacle.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth\nChristen the thing what you will.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To name."
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[
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"name"
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"(transitive, by extension) To name."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1657, Jeremy Taylor, Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship:",
"text": "I must tell you that christianity hath new christened it",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To Christianize."
],
"links": [
[
"Christianize",
"Christianize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To Christianize."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2024 August 19, Melissa Locker, “Foo Fighters Rock the Hell Out of Portland's New 30,000-Seat Stadium”, in Portland Mercury:",
"text": "Foo Fighters, the Pretenders, and Alex G christened Portland’s newest music venue Friday night, and it was a show for the ages.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "I christened my new boots today with a walk in the snow.",
"type": "example"
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"To use for the first time."
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"(colloquial) To use for the first time."
],
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]
},
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1892, John Henry Brown, History of Texas; from 1685 to 1892 - Volume 1, page 127:",
"text": "Thus was De Witt's colony, like Austin's, at the mouth of the Colorado, christened in blood, and thus for the moment ended the first effort to found a settlement within its limits.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Sue Grafton, Q Is for Quarry:",
"text": "I christened the facilities, shrugged into my windbreaker, and met Dolan at his door.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Linda Sonna, Early-Start Potty Training, page viii:",
"text": "Being christened by a urinating bare-bottomed newborn is almost a rite of passage of parenthood.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Stefan Korn, Scott Lancaster, Eric Mooij, Being a Great Dad For Dummies, page 122:",
"text": "By the way if, as part of your fatherhood journey, you haven't been vomited on, had poo squirted on you, or been christened with pee yet, you're not trying hard enough.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Glory Keveme, Broken Wings, page 51:",
"text": "A daddy-long-legs lurched against the white-washed walls while Surefire christened the lime-swilled fresh bucket with a strong stream of urine.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid."
],
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"(informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "kersen"
},
{
"word": "christian"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mkrtel",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "մկրտել"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "suqındırıw",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "суҡындырыу"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krǎštavam",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
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},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
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"word": "pokřtít"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "dopen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "bapti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "kastaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "baptiser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "taufen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "keresztel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "battezzare"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "batiza"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "butezá"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "botisa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "batizar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "boteza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krestítʹ",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "крести́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okrestítʹ",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "окрести́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "baist"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pokrstiť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "krstiť"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to perform the religious act of baptism",
"word": "döpa"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "isem quşıw",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "исем ҡушыу"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "imenuvam",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "именувам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krǎštavam",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "кръщавам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "bapti"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "nomi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "ristiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "kastaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "baptiser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "nommer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "taufen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "keresztel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "battezzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "inaugurare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "batizar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "boteza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krestítʹ",
"sense": "to name",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "крести́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okrestítʹ",
"sense": "to name",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "окрести́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nazyvátʹ",
"sense": "to name",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "называ́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nazvátʹ",
"sense": "to name",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "назва́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "baist"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to name",
"word": "döpa"
}
],
"word": "christen"
}
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