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Webster 1913 Edition


Apostrophize

A-pos′tro-phize

,
Verb.
T.
,
[
imp.
&
p.
p.
Apostrophized
;
p.
pr.
&
vb.
Noun.
Apostrophizing
.]
1.
To address by apostrophe.
2.
To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (’) or apostrophes.

A-pos′tro-phize

,
Verb.
I.
To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apostrophize

APOS'TROPHIZE

,
Verb.
I.
or t.
1.
To make an apostrophe, or short detached address in speaking; to address by apostrophy.
2.
v.t. To contract a word by omitting a letter or letters.
3.
To mark with a comma, indicating the omission of a letter.