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Synonyms for apostatize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-pos-tuh-tahyz
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɒs təˌtaɪz

Définition of apostatize

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Late Latin apostatizare, earlier apostatare, from apostata (see apostate). Related: Apostatized; apostatizing. The past participle form apostazied is attested from late 14c.
  • verb defect
Example sentences :
  • But his wife and one of his daughters refused to apostatize with him.
  • Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
  • The upshot was that he advised Nathan not to apostatize too suddenly.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of Eve » by Honore de Balzac
  • This was an eye-sore to the law-church, who deemed the very existence of these men, who refused to apostatize, a libel on her.
  • Extract from : « Handbook of Freethought » by Various
  • He then returned to Cologne, where he again met Bucer and Melanchthon, who were endeavoring to induce the bishop to apostatize.
  • Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
  • The Saints did continue to suffer much persecution, some did apostatize, others did die of exposure, disease and privation.
  • Extract from : « Cowley's Talks on Doctrine » by Matthias F. Cowley
  • This was an eye-sore to the Law-Church, who deemed the very existence of these men who had refused to apostatize, a libel on her.
  • Extract from : « Two Addresses » by Nicholas Rigby
  • God grant that under like persecution I do not apostatize more deeply.
  • Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis
  • If ever he did apostatize, he was bound by a solemn promise to the Emperor of Morocco to turn Mussulman.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • In former times, the Christians who refused to apostatize were summarily consigned to execution.
  • Extract from : « The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious » by William Dool Killen
  • Thus the import of the question is: Is it natural to apostatize and never to repent of it?
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah » by C J Ball

Antonyms for apostatize

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