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apodosis
[ uh-pod-uh-sis ]
noun
plural apodoses
- the clause expressing the consequence in a conditional sentence, often beginning with then, as 鈥渢hen I will鈥 in 鈥淚f you go, then I will.鈥 Compare protasis ( def 1 ).
apodosis
/ 蓹藞辫蓲诲蓹蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- logic grammar the consequent of a conditional statement, as the game will be cancelled in if it rains the game will be cancelled Compare protasis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of apodosis1
C17: via Late Latin from Greek: a returning or answering (clause), from apodidonai to give back
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Example Sentences
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But Mr. Caffyn's apodosis was never divulged, because, seized with an access of rage, he turned out the gas and hurried from the room.
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Thus, in the sentence, 陆Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,赂 the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis. 碌 Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional.
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The apodosis he would not have denied.
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They say that the apodosis begins with the first 讻谉, and that in ver.
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What are we to suppose the suppressed apodosis of the proposition?
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