[chris.ten] vt chris.tened ; chris.ten.ing [ME cristnen, fr. OE cristnian, fr. cristen Christian, fr. L christianus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: baptize b: to name at baptism
2: to name or dedicate (as a ship) by a ceremony suggestive of baptism
3: name
4: to use for the first time