debaptise

verb

British:
Infinitive: debaptise
3rd person: debaptises
Present: debaptising
Gerund: debaptising
Past: debaptised
Perfect: debaptised

American:
Infinitive: debaptize
3rd person: debaptizes
Present: debaptizing
Gerund: debaptizing
Past: debaptized
Perfect: debaptized

To undo baptism. Can also be used figuratively or as expressive exaggeration of a hypothetical threat or punishment ("She would debaptise me if I lost her wedding ring.").

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