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Christen
Definition:
(v. t.) To baptize and give a Christian name to.
(v. t.) To give a name; to denominate.
(v. t.) To Christianize.
(v. t.) To use for the first time.
Example Sentences:
(1) Following the service, guests will attend a private tea at Clarence House, hosted by Prince Charles , where guests will be served christening cake.
(2) The present data emphasize the applicability of certain oxidants as trapping agents for enzymatic carbanion intermediates as proposed previously (Healy, M.J.,, and Christen, P. (1973) Biochemistry 12, 35-41).
(3) In July, a religious procession was organised by the Ukrainian Orthodox church to commemorate the anniversary of the christening of Kievan Rus’ , while calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine .
(4) It would swirl around that child's head in the manner of a bad fairy from a storybook bringing along a cursed gift to a christening.
(5) And with people like Douglas, Martin, Nathan, I'd go to their weddings, their children's christenings, birthday parties, and still do."
(6) Alan Clarke, at BNP Paribas, christened the new government "the odd couple".
(7) • George wore a reproduction of a christening gown worn by royal babies since 1841.
(8) However, its accumulation is limited by degradation with a half-life of only approximately 5 min (Jaussi, R., Sonderegger, P., Flückiger, J., and Christen, P. (1982) J. Biol.
(9) No doubt the archbishop of Canterbury will give Prince George a typically discreet Anglican sprinkling of water during his christening at St James's Palaceon Wednesday.
(10) In the first few pages he writes about his earliest memory, aged four, standing on a chair at his younger sister's christening, pulling faces while people laughed.
(11) The decrease in flagellar beat frequencies and sperm velocities are much greater than what could be extrapolated from the decrease of intracellular ATP (Christen R. et al: Eur.
(12) The duchess appears to be constantly dressed for a christening.
(13) He was reported to have been in jovial form following the christening of his granddaughter at Staghall Church near Belturbet, Co Cavan on Boxing Day before returning to Mountjoy.
(14) Since 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3HAA), an oxidation product of tryptophan metabolism, is a powerful radical scavenger [Christen, S., Peterhans, E., & Stocker, R. (1990) Proc.
(15) When he was born on 5 December 1971, the politician was christened Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Sylvester Joseph von und zu Guttenberg.
(16) George will be christened in a replica of the intricate lace and satin christening gown made for Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria, the princess royal, in 1841.
(17) The O’Neill-Keane combination was immediately christened the dream team when they took over from Giovanni Trapattoni in 2013 but after showing some promise in early friendlies performances have slumped.
(18) The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London at Prince George's christening.
(19) He had two names: christened Lee Alexander McQueen , he used Alexander when he started his label to avoid jeopardising his unemployment benefit.
(20) And once you've bought, you're not allowed to exhale with relief as you christen the hatstand and pour your inaugural brandy.