APOLOGIZE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To make an apology or defense. Dr. H. More.

2.
v.

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. To apologize for his insolent language. Froude.

3.
v.

To defend. [Obs.] The Christians . . . were apologized by Plinie. Dr. G. Benson.

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