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apostatizes

apostatizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of apostatize.

Meaning of apostatize

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.
    • 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.1849, “Discipline of the Church.”, in A Catechism on the Government and Discipline of the Presbyterian Church (Theology), Presbyterian Board of Publication, →OCLC, page 31
    Synonyms:
    commit apostasy, apostasize

Questions about apostatizes

What is apostatizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Apostatizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of apostatize.

Words near apostatizes in the dictionary

  1. apostatises
  2. apostatising
  3. apostatiz'd
  4. apostatize
  5. apostatized
  6. apostatizes
  7. apostatizing
  8. apostaxis
  9. apostemate
  10. apostemated
  11. apostemates

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