apostrophize
English
Alternative forms
- apostrophise
Etymology
apostrophe + -ize
Verb
apostrophize (third-person singular simple present apostrophizes, present participle apostrophizing, simple past and past participle apostrophized)
- (transitive) To address using the form of rhetoric called the apostrophe.
- 1860, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:
- "You little thought,” said Mr. Pumblechook, apostrophizing the fowl in the dish, “when you was a young fledgling, what was in store for you.
- 1823, Sir Walter Scott., St. Ronan's Well:
- ...she resumed her former occupation, and continued to soliloquize and apostrophize her absent handmaidens, without even appearing sensible of his presence.
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- To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.
Translations
to use the apostrophe in writing or speech
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to add one or more apostrophes to text to indicate missing letters
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See also
- apostrophe