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APOSTATISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apostatise mean?
• APOSTATISE (verb)
The verb APOSTATISE has 1 sense:
1. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
Familiarity information: APOSTATISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they apostatise ... he / she / it apostatises
Past simple: apostatised
Past participle: apostatised
-ing form: apostatising
... he / she / it apostatises Past simple: apostatised
Past participle: apostatised
-ing form: apostatising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
apostatise; apostatize; tergiversate
Hypernyms (to "apostatise" is one way to...):
disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
apostate (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)
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