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apostatize

verb

Etymology

From apostate + -ize.

  1. derived from ἀποστάτης
  2. borrowed from apostata
  3. suffixed as apostatize — “apostate + ize”

Definitions

  1. To give up or renounce one's position or belief.

    • Q. 15. May not a church so far apostatize by the neglect of discipline, as to cease to be a church of Christ, and become a synagogue of Satan? A. Yes. This has sometimes happened.
    • Soft enticements of domestic life too often draw him from the ascetic trail; a monk who apostatizes to the world at times.

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