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Webster 1913 Edition
Apostrophize
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.
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.Definition 2024
apostrophize
apostrophize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
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
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