Associations to the word «Christen»
Noun
Wiktionary
CHRISTEN, verb. To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise.
CHRISTEN, verb. (usually Christian) To name.
CHRISTEN, verb. (obsolete) To Christianize.
CHRISTEN, verb. (colloquial) (usually Christian) To use for the first time.
CHRISTEN, adjective. Obsolete form of Christian.
Dictionary definition
CHRISTEN, verb. Administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.