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▪ I. aˈpostatizing, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] Renunciation of faith or principles. Often attrib.
1659Hardy 1 John (1865) liv. 348 Too many such reeds may be seen everywhere in these apostatising days. ▪ II. aˈpostatizing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Abandoning faith or principles; faithless.
1652E. Benlowes Theoph. Pref. 18 Mockt by new false lights of apostatizing Hypocrisie. 1880E. White Cert. in Relig. 48 That Eye..which reclaimed the apostatizing Peter. |