unchristen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]unchristen (third-person singular simple present unchristens, present participle unchristening, simple past and past participle unchristened)
- (transitive) To render unchristian.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- to constrain him furder were to unchristen him , to unman him , to throw the mountain of Sinai upon him
- To undo the act of christening.
References
[edit]- “unchristen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.