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apostatize

[uh-pos-tuh-tahyz]

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verb (used without object), a·pos·ta·tized, a·pos·ta·tiz·ing.

to commit apostasy.

Also, especially British, a·pos·ta·tise.

Origin:
1545–55; < Late Latin apostatīzāre. See apostate, -ize

Related forms

a·pos·ta·tism

[uh-pos-tuh-tiz-uhm] , noun

un·a·pos·ta·tized, adjective

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apostatize or apostatise (əˈpɒstəˌtaɪz)

—vb
	(intr) to forsake or abandon one's belief, faith, or allegiance

apostatise or apostatise

—vb

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Word Origin & History

apostatize

1610s, from L.L. apostatizare, earlier apostatare, from apostata (see apostate).

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