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ap•o•pemp•tic
(ap′ə pemp′tik),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- pertaining to leave-taking or departing;
valedictory.
n.
- Rhetoric[Obs.]a farewell address;
valedictory.
- Greek apopemptikós of, pertaining to sending away, equivalent. to apopémp(ein) to send away, dismiss (apo- apo- + pémpein to send, dispatch) + -tikos -tic
- 1745–55