apostrophize

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(ə-pŏs'trə-fīz') pronunciation
tr. & intr.v., -phized, -phiz·ing, -phiz·es.
To address by or speak or write in apostrophe.


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[fr. Gk apostrophein, to turn away]   /uh PAS truh fize/
1) (vt) to address an absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically; i.e. to address by apostrophe  <Carlyle's O Liberty, what things are done in thy name! is an example of apostrophe>
2) (vi) to make use of an apostrophe (')

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