"apostatize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: apostatizes [present, singular, third-person], apostatizing [participle, present], apostatized [participle, past], apostatized [past]
Etymology: apostate + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|apostate|ize}} apostate + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} apostatize (third-person singular simple present apostatizes, present participle apostatizing, simple past and past participle apostatized)
  1. To give up or renounce one's position or belief. Synonyms: commit apostasy, apostasize, apostatise Derived forms: unapostatized Related terms: apostasy, apostate, apostatic, apostatically Translations (give up one's position or belief): اِرْتَدَّ (irtadda) (Arabic), apostatar (Catalan), abtrünnig sein (German), vom Glauben abfallen (German), apostatar (Portuguese), apostatar (Spanish)

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