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apostrophize

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a⋅pos⋅tro⋅phize

  [uh-pos-truh-fahyz] verb, -phized, -phiz⋅ing. Rhetoric
Use apostrophize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to address by apostrophe.
–verb (used without object)
2. to utter an apostrophe.
Also, especially British, a⋅pos⋅tro⋅phise.

Origin:
1605–15; apostrophe 2 + -ize
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a·pos·tro·phize   (ə-pŏs'trə-fīz')   
tr. & intr.v.   a·pos·tro·phized, a·pos·tro·phiz·ing, a·pos·tro·phiz·es
To address by or speak or write in apostrophe.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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