rename

re- +‎ name

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

rename (third-person singular simple present renames, present participle renaming, simple past and past participle renamed)

1. (transitive) To give a new name to.
   • 2004, Carlin, George, “EUPHEMISMS: Shell Shock to PTSD”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, OCLC 757869006, OL 24604921M, pages 39, 40:

     […] And then, finally, we got to Vietnam. Given the dishonesty surrounding that war, I guess it's not surprising that, at the time, the very same condition was renamed post-traumatic stress disorder.

• rebaptize
• rechristen

rename (plural renames)

1. An instance of renaming.
   • 2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, page 70:

     warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:

     bar

     quux

• Menear, enarme, meaner, remean