n. pl. a·pod·o·ses (-sēz′) The main clause of a conditional sentence, as The game will be canceled in The game will be canceled if it rains. [Late Latin, from Greek, from apodidonai, to give back : apo-, apo- + didonai, to give; see dō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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