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Webster 1913 Edition

Apopemptic

Apˊo-pemp′tic

(-pĕmp′tĭk)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
ἀποπεμπτικός
, fr.
ἀποπέμπειν
to send off or away;
ἀπό
from +
πέμπειν
to send.]
Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory;
as,
apopemptic
songs or hymns
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Apopemptic

APOPEMP'TIC

,
Adj.
[Gr. from, and a nerve.]
Denoting a song or hymn among the ancients, sung or addressed to a stranger, on his departure from a place to his own country. It may be used as a noun for the hymn.

Definition 2024

apopemptic

apopemptic

English

Adjective

apopemptic ‎(not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.

Noun

apopemptic ‎(plural apopemptics)

  1. (obsolete) A farewell or parting address.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀποπεμπτικός ‎(apopemptikós, “pertaining to sending away”), from ἀπό ‎(apó, “from, away”) + πέμπω ‎(pémpō, “to send”)

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