v. [ad. med.L. anabaptīzā-re, ad. Gr. ἀναβαπτίζ-ειν to baptize repeatedly or over again, f. ἀνά- over again + βαπτίζειν to baptize.] To baptize over again, re-baptize, re-christen; hence, to re-name.
1637. Pocklington, Sunday no Sabb., 6. And anabaptizing of it after the mind of some Jew … call it the Sabbath.
1663. Butler, Hudibr., I. iii. 40. As Achilles dipt in Pond, Was Anabaptiz’d free from wound.
1799. Southey, in C. Southey, Life, II. 31. The Dom Daniel romance is rechristened, anabaptized Thalaba the Destroyer.
1848. H. Coleridge, North. Worth., I. 82. Marvell … now anabaptized Dr. Turner as Mr. Smirke.
