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christen

chris.ten \'kris-*n\ \'kris-nin\ vt or chris.ten.ing [ME cristnen, fr. OE 
   cristnian, fr. cristen Christian, fr. L]christianus 1a: BAPTIZE  1b: to 
   name at baptism  2: to name or dedicate (as a ship) by a ceremony 
   suggestive of baptism  3: DENOMINATE  4: to use for the first time