CHRISTEN

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To baptize and give a Christian name to.

2.
v.

To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet.

3.
v.

To Christianize. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

4.
v.

To use for the first time. [Colloq.]