Part 545

<hw>A*pos"tate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.</def>

<blockquote>So spake the <b>apostate</b> angel. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A wretched and <b>apostate</b> state. <i>Steele.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apostate</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"tate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apostatare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To apostatize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>We are not of them which <b>apostate</b> from Christ. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apostatic</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apostaticus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Apostatical.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Apostatical</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*stat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Apostate.</def>

<blockquote>An heretical and <b>apostatical</b> church. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apostatize</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"ta*tize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Apostatized</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Apostatizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>apostatizare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>apostatized</b> from his old faith in facts, took to believing in <?/emblances. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apostemate</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"te*mate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Aposteme</er>.]</ety> <def>To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Apostemation</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos`te*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>apostematio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>apost\'82mation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.</def> <altsp>[Written corruptly <asp>imposthumation</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Apostematous</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`os*tem"a*tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.</def>

<h1>Aposteme</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap"os*teme</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apostema</ets>, Gr. <?/ the separation of corrupt matter into an ulcer, fr. <?/ to stand off: cf. F. <ets>apost\'8ame</ets>. See <er>Apostasy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.</def> <altsp>[Written corruptly <asp>imposthume</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>A posteriori</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A` pos*te`ri*o"ri</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>a</ets> (<ets>ab</ets>) + <ets>posterior</ets> latter.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of <i>a priori</i> reasoning.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.</def>

<h1>Apostil, Apostille</h1> <Xpage=70>