Usually means: Initiate with a name ceremonially.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Christen:

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  1. christen: Merriam-Webster
  2. christen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. christen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. christen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. christen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Christen, christen: Wordnik
  7. christen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Christen, christen: Wiktionary
  9. christen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. christen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. christen: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Christen, christen: Dictionary.com
  13. christen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. christen: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Christen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Christen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. christen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. christen: Rhymezone
  19. christen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. christen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Christen: Britih-American Dictionary
  22. christen: FreeDictionary.org
  23. christen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. christen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. christen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. christen: Legal dictionary

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  1. christen: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. christen: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. christen: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See christened as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Christen)

verb:  (transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
verb:  (transitive, by extension) To name.
verb:  (obsolete) To Christianize.
verb:  (colloquial) To use for the first time.
verb:  (informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
adjective:  Obsolete form of Christian. [(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.]
noun:  Obsolete form of Christian. [A believer in Christianity.]

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