/ap'euh pemp"tik/ , adj.
1. pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.
n.
2. Obs. a farewell address; valedictory.
[ 1745-55; apopemptikós of, pertaining to sending away, equiv. to apopémp ( ein ) to send away, dismiss ( apo- APO- + pémpein to send, dispatch) + -tikos -TIC ]