ἈΠΕΞΕΣΘΑΙ, ἀπεξεσθαι
APEXESTHAI, apexesthai
Sounds Like: ah-peh-XES-thai
Translations: to scrape off, to smooth, to polish, to finish
From the root: ἈΠΕΞΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to scrape off, to smooth, or to polish something. It implies a process of refining or finishing a surface by removing imperfections. It can also be used metaphorically to mean to perfect or complete something. As an infinitive, it functions like 'to scrape off' or 'to be scraped off' in a sentence.
Inflection: Perfect, Middle or Passive, Infinitive
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:2
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ἈΠΕΞΕΩ, appear in our texts.
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