apostrophize
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a·pos·tro·phize
(ə-pŏs'trə-fīz') 
tr. & intr.v., -phized, -phiz·ing, -phiz·es.
To address by or speak or write in apostrophe.
tr. & intr.v., -phized, -phiz·ing, -phiz·es.
To address by or speak or write in apostrophe.
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apostrophize
[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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