"rechristen" meaning in English

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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From re- + christen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rechristens",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rechristening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rechristened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rechristened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rechristen (third-person singular simple present rechristens, present participle rechristening, simple past and past participle rechristened)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English terms prefixed with re-",
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      "glosses": [
        "To christen or baptize again."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "christen",
          "christen"
        ],
        [
          "baptize",
          "baptize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To christen or baptize again."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, Victor Bailey, Nineteenth-Century Crime and Punishment, page 295:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 June 22, John Flesher, “A ‘copi’ fillet? Illinois hopes new name for ‘invasive carp’ will convince diners”, in PBS:",
          "text": "Illinois and partner organizations kicked off a market-tested campaign Wednesday to rechristen as “copi” four species previously known collectively as Asian carp, hoping the new label will make them more attractive to U.S. consumers.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To rename."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To rename."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rechristen"
}

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    "English terms prefixed with re-",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "rechristening"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "3": "christen"
      },
      "expansion": "re- + christen",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From re- + christen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rechristens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rechristening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rechristened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rechristened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To christen or baptize again."
      ],
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        [
          "christen",
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        ],
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          "baptize",
          "baptize"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To christen or baptize again."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, Victor Bailey, Nineteenth-Century Crime and Punishment, page 295:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 June 22, John Flesher, “A ‘copi’ fillet? Illinois hopes new name for ‘invasive carp’ will convince diners”, in PBS:",
          "text": "Illinois and partner organizations kicked off a market-tested campaign Wednesday to rechristen as “copi” four species previously known collectively as Asian carp, hoping the new label will make them more attractive to U.S. consumers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rename."
      ],
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          "rename"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To rename."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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  "word": "rechristen"
}