Definition of Apostrophise

1. Verb. Use an apostrophe.

Exact synonyms: Apostrophize
Generic synonyms: Write
Derivative terms: Apostrophe, Apostrophe

Definition of Apostrophise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of apostrophize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apostrophise

1. [v -PHISED, -PHISING, -PHISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apostrophise

apostolates
apostolic
apostolic delegate
apostolic succession
apostolical
apostolically
apostolicalness
apostolicities
apostolicity
apostolicness
apostosis
apostrophe
apostrophes
apostrophic
apostrophically
apostrophise
apostrophised
apostrophises
apostrophising
apostrophize
apostrophized
apostrophizes
apostrophizing
apostume
apostumes
aposymbioses
aposymbiosis
aposymbiotic
apotelesm
apotelesmatic

Literary usage of Apostrophise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Classical Association of Scotland (1905)
"We only, as a rule, apostrophise personal names, country, the gods, or the like. Hence <fiv\a£ the nominative is used as a vocative, because you seldom ..."

2. Proceedings by Classical Association of Scotland (1905)
"We only, as a rule, apostrophise personal names, country, the gods, or the like. Hence <£i!Aa£ the nominative is used as a vocative, because you seldom ..."

3. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... apostrophize v. address by apostrophe [also spelt apostrophise] ... apostrophize v. mark with an omission-sign [also spelt apostrophise] ..."

4. Allgemeines Englisch-deutsches und deutsch-englisches Wörterbuch by Felix F. Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1894)
"... with an apostrophe, to apostrophise; 2) aj to address by apostrophe, to apostrophise; b) joe. tu box a person's oars ..."

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