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# christen

«christen» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give it its name in a church ceremony, with water…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (christens, christened, christening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To christen a baby is to give it its name in a church ceremony, with water poured on its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/#m1)

2) To christen something is to use or name it for the first time: christen the new boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales people name each other or something new, as when a child is christened at church

### examples

- The baby was christened in the old stone church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/#x1)
- The boy was christened John. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/#x2)
- They christened each other and then went on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/#x3)
- We christened our new boat Sunshine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/#x4)
- At the christening, everyone wore their best clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «christen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.