unchristen

English

Etymology

Verb

unchristen (third-person singular simple present unchristens, present participle unchristening, simple past and past participle unchristened)

(transitive) To render unchristian.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
  to constrain him furder were to unchristen him , to unman him , to throw the mountain of Sinai upon him

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unchristen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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