apostrophize
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apostrophize (third-person singular simple present apostrophizes, present participle apostrophizing, simple past and past participle apostrophized)
- To use the apostrophe figure of speech in writing or speech
- (c1850): "You little thought,” said Mr. Pumblechook, apostrophizing the fowl in the dish, “when you was a young fledgling, what was in store for you. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens.
- (1894): "...she resumed her former occupation, and continued to soliloquize and apostrophize her absent handmaidens, without even appearing sensible of his presence. St.Ronan's Well, by Sir Walter Scott.
- To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.
