APOSTATIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they apostatize ... he / she / it apostatizes

Past simple: apostatized

Past participle: apostatized

-ing form: apostatizing

Meaning:

Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

Synonyms:

apostatise; apostatize; tergiversate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "apostatize" is one way to...):

disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

apostate (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)