(~s, apologizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'apologise'
When you ~ to someone, you say that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. You can say ‘I ~’ as a formal way of saying sorry.
I ~ for being late...
Costello later ~d, saying he’d been annoyed by the man...
He ~d to the people who had been affected.
VERB: V for n/-ing, V, V to n, also V with quote