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Definition of Apostrophize
1. Verb. Use an apostrophe.
Definition of Apostrophize
1. v. t. To address by apostrophe.
2. v. i. To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
Definition of Apostrophize
1. Verb. to use the apostrophe figure of speech in writing or speech ¹
2. Verb. to add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apostrophize
1. [v -PHIZED, -PHIZING, -PHIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apostrophize
Literary usage of Apostrophize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"SYNONYMS: ADDRESS, i>. accost apply to greet speak to apostrophize approach hail
woo appeal to court salute To accost is to speak first, ..."
2. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1838)
"And if it be permitted me, in conclusion, to apostrophize the town, as the bard
of Mantua makes ^Eneas apostrophize the Queen of Carthage, I may with truth ..."
3. Thesaurus of English Words: So Classified and Arranged as to Facilitate the by Peter Mark Roget, Barnas Sears (1854)
"V. To soliloquize ; to say or talk to one's self; to say aside, to think aloud,
to apostrophize.- 589. SOLILOQUY, monologue, apostrophe. ..."
4. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... apostrophize v. address by apostrophe [also spelt ... apostrophize v. mark with
an omission-sign [also spelt ..."
5. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"V. speak to, address, accost, make up to, apostrophize, appeal to, ... V.
soliloquize; say -, talk- to oneself; say aside, think aloud, apostrophize. ..."
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