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apotheosize
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Apotome
Apotrepsis
apotropaically
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
Merriam Webster's
adjective Etymology: Greek apotropaios, from apotrepein to avert, from apo- + trepein to turn Date: 1883 designed to avert evil< an apotropaic ritual > • apotropaically adverb
Oxford Reference Dictionary
adj. supposedly having the power to avert an evil influence or bad luck. Etymology: Gk apotropaios (as APO-, trepo turn)
