Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To christen or name again; fix a new name upon.
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- verb
christen again
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Examples
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But BlackRock would rechristen them as "exchange-traded instruments," or ETIs, and would restrict the ETF label to funds that "can be appropriate for a long-term retail investor," the company said in a position paper and congressional testimony.
It Seems an ETF by Any Other Name Would Probably Not Smell as Sweet Karen Damato 2011
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Knit the City was established in April 2009 by Lauren O'Farrell, whose first act was to rechristen her group's activities yarn storming.
The graffiti knitting epidemic Maddy Costa 2010
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Even in a county where Democrats were dominant Tuesday despite big Republican gains nationwide, that little word was about as popular as another three-letter political expletive that begins with T and ends with X. County Executive Isiah Leggett's lieutenants in the extraordinary government campaign for the fee made an effort to rechristen it an "ambulance reimbursement," since bills for service would go directly to county residents 'insurance companies or the federal government.
Montgomery ambulance fee rejection means tough budget questions Michael Laris 2010
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Morgan Chase or the Trump Organization carte blanche to rechristen elements of the landscape, or even the entire park after themselves — such as we did with Citi Field.
[Insert Name Here] Hill Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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In the years since, local lawmakers have undertaken a number of attempts to rechristen the District's governing institutions.
Why does the D.C. Council have 13 members? Mike DeBonis 2011
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There was a permit to march down Broadway, which they planned to rechristen the "Canyon of Zeroes."
Rex Ryan Bashers Swing and Miss Jason Gay 2011
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Look what happens when I rechristen Eve and Tanya with names beginning with the same capital letter.
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Look what happens when I rechristen Eve and Tanya with names beginning with the same capital letter.
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After a fire razed the place in 1917, it was rebuilt as a Spanish revival village by the Ohio glass magnate Edward Libbey, who helped rechristen it Ojai, a moniker the Chumash Indians had given to the surrounding valley.
Ojai Getaway Guide: The Best Of Ojai Anna Almendrala 2010
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And finally, given both the Guardian's move to new offices and its even newer political allegiance, we should rechristen Islington South and Finsbury as Guardian Central.
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