Associations to the word «Rename»

Wiktionary

RENAME, verb. To give a new name to.
RENAME, noun. An instance of renaming.

Dictionary definition

RENAME, verb. Assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990".
RENAME, verb. Name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats