APOSTATIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apostatize mean? 

• APOSTATIZE (verb)
  The verb APOSTATIZE has 1 sense:

1. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

  Familiarity information: APOSTATIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOSTATIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they apostatize    ... he / she / it apostatizes   
Past simple: apostatized   
Past participle: apostatized   
-ing form: apostatizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

apostatise; apostatize; tergiversate

Hypernyms (to "apostatize" 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.)