Christen
['krɪs(ə)n] or ['krɪsn]
Definition
(v. t.) To baptize and give a Christian name to.
(v. t.) To give a name; to denominate.
(v. t.) To Christianize.
(v. t.) To use for the first time.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Baptize.[2]. Denominate, name, term, designate, style, call, dub, entitle, TITLE.
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Examples
- Young Mr. Turveydrop's name is Prince; I wish it wasn't, because it sounds like a dog, but of course he didn't christen himself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her Ladyship was godmother to Mrs. Dobbin's child, which bore her name, and was christened by the Rev. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Boffin's Bower is the name Mrs Boffin christened it when we come into it as a property. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then he moved to Havre, where he would have greater opportunity to try out his torpedo-boats, as he christened them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The name makes me think of poor Isabella; for she was very near being christened Catherine after her grandmama. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Why christened Pleasant, the late Mrs Riderhood might possibly have been at some time able to explain, and possibly not. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No, not christened Pip. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Had she been a mother she would have christened her boys such names as Saul or Sisera in preference to Jacob or David, neither of whom she admired. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Jane came first, then George Sedley Osborne, then Maria Frances, and the days of the christening of each. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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