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  "pronunciations": {
    "phonetic": [
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u0251l\u0259\u02cc\u02a4a\u026az"
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      "apology + -ize, from \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b1 (apolog\u00eda, \u201ca speech in defense\u201d), from \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (apolog\u00e9omai, \u201cto speak in one\u2019s defense\u201d), from \u1f00\u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 (ap\u00f3logos, \u201can account, story\u201d), compound of \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf- (apo-, \u201cfrom, off\u201d) and \u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 (l\u00f3gos, \u201cspeech\u201d); compare also \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (apolog\u00edzomai, \u201cto render an account\u201d)."
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        "name": "Verb",
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            "mean": "(intransitive, often followed by \u201cfor\u201d) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends\nMy correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.\n1856,  James Anthony Froude,  History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth:Barnes was commanded, with Garrett and Jerome, to make a public acknowledgment of his errors; and to apologize especially for his insolent language to Gardiner\n2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)\nToday I want to apologize to my co-workers.\nAudio (US)(file)"
          },
          {
            "mean": "(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred."
          },
          {
            "mean": "(intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.\n1660,  H More,  An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness;\u00a0, London:    J Flesher, for W Morden\u00a0, \u2192OCLC:To this purpose the most witty, cautious and subtile \u017fort of the Pagans apologize for themselves"
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            "mean": "\u201capologize\u201d, inWebster\u2019s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass. G.  C. Merriam, 1913, \u2192OCLC."
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