APOPEMP'TIC, adjective [Gr. from, and a nerve.]
Denoting a song or hymn among the ancients, sung or addressed to a stranger, on his departure from a place to his own country. It may be used as a noun for the hymn.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.