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verb (used without object), a·pos·ta·tized, a·pos·ta·tiz·ing.
- to commit apostasy.
verb
- (intr) to forsake or abandon one’s belief, faith, or allegiance
1610s, from Late Latin apostatizare, earlier apostatare, from apostata (see apostate). Related: Apostatized; apostatizing. The past participle form apostazied is attested from late 14c.