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Apologize   /əpˈɑlədʒˌaɪz/   Listen
verb
Apologize  v. t.  To defend. (Obs.) "The Christians... were apologized by Plinie."


Apologize  v. i.  (past & past part. apologized; pres. part. apologizing)  
1.
To make an apology or defense.
2.
To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
Synonyms: apologize, excuse, justify, rationalize "To apologize for his insolent language."





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"Apologize" Quotes from Famous Books



... followed. Up got a covey of partridges—bang, bang—one down by the side of an oak. I was about to enter this covert, when a lady and gentleman emerged, and, struck with the unpleasant thought that I was possibly trespassing, I at once went forward to apologize. ...
— A Stable for Nightmares - or Weird Tales • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... then controls his features.) And that being settled, the first thing I have to do is to apologize for my behaviour on ...
— The Great Adventure • Arnold Bennett
... is the sifted truth of the ages. There is not a passage in it or a line for which we need apologize. There is nothing incredible in it, except as it is incredibly sweet and good and true. It is the truth that has come to men in all ages, no matter spoken by whose lips, no matter written by what pen, no matter wrought out under what conditions or ...
— Our Unitarian Gospel • Minot Savage
... you further, and must apologize for interrupting you," he said stiffly but courteously. "I am afraid I have trespassed upon ...
— A Patriotic Schoolgirl • Angela Brazil
... "Who's goin' to apologize?" said Yancey, shifting his thumbs from his armholes to the side pockets of his vest, from which he pinched up some ...
— Colonel Carter of Cartersville • F. Hopkinson Smith


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