rebaptizer

[Eng. rebaptiz (e); -er.] One who rebaptizes; an Anabaptist (q. v.). "There were Adamites in former times and rebaptiz ers."-Howell: Letters , bk. iv., let. 29. re-bar-bar-i-zā'-tion, s . [Eng. rebarbariz ( e ); -ation.] The act of rebar bar i zing; the state of being reduced again to barbarism. re-bar-bar-ize, v . t . [Pref. re- , and Eng. barbar ize (q. v.).] To reduce again to a state of barbar ism; to make barbarous a second time. rě-bāte', v . t . & i. [O. French rebatre , from re-= back, and batre (Fr. battre ), from Low Lat. bateo; Lat. batuo to beat.] A. Transitive : 1. To make blunt; to deprive of sharpne or keenne ; to blunt; to render obtuse. "He doth rebate and blunt his natural edge." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, i. v. 2. To make le ; to diminish, to reduce; to deduct or make a discount from. 3. To abate, to le en. "I xal sey here the same here sorwys to rebate." Coventry Mysteries, p. 76. *B. In trans.: To abate; to draw back. "He began a little to rebate from certain points of popery."- Fox : Martyrs , p. 1621. rě-bāte (1), 8. [RABBET ]