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Apostrophize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To deliver an apostrophe (a speech, typically exclamatory) to someone, especially someone not present in person as a participant in the conversation, even someone imaginary. transitive

    "[S]he resumed her former occupation, and continued to soliloquize and apostrophize her absent hand-maidens, without even appearing sensible of his presence."

  2. 2
    use an apostrophe wordnet
  3. 3
    To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.

Etymology

From apostrophe + -ize.

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