apopemptic

[ap-uh-pemp-tik]

ap·o·pemp·tic

[ap-uh-pemp-tik]
adjective
1.
pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.
noun
2.
Obsolete. a farewell address; valedictory.

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Origin:
1745–55; < Greek apopemptikós of, pertaining to sending away, equivalent to apopémp(ein) to send away, dismiss (apo- apo- + pémpein to send, dispatch) + -tikos -tic
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apopemptic

adjective
addressed to one who is departing; "apopemptic hymns" 
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