Apostatized

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apostatize \A*pos"ta*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Apostatized};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Apostatizing}.] [LL. apostatizare.]
     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.
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           He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to
           believing in ?emblances.                 --Carlyle.
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