Renames

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To change the title of an individual, place, or object while providing a new designation through the act of naming anew
2. To designate a new title for a person, location, or item, effectively modifying its previous identification
3. To give a different name to a person, place, or item, replacing the former label

Etymology: "Renames" is the third-person singular present form of "rename", so it is the form used with a subject such as "she renames" or "the council renames". The base verb is simple: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", was attached to "name", giving a sense of bestowing a new name in place of an old one. The two parts have very different ancestries. "Name" descends from Old English "nama", which goes back through Proto-Germanic "namô" to a much older Indo-European root, so it is one of the most ordinary and deeply rooted words in the language. The prefix "re-" arrived by a different route, from Latin "re-", passing through Old French "re-" into Middle English, which is why it is so common in English verbs formed from existing words.

Synonyms: relabels, designates

Antonyms: keeps, maintains