add an apostrophe, use an apostrophe; pause and speak to (person who is not present or imaginary person, thing, etc.), apostrophise
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Apostrophize Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
To address by apostrophe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo address by apostrophe.
apostrophize
\a*pos"tro*phize\ (&?;), v. t., [imp. & p. p. apostrophized (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. apostrophizing.]
1. to address by apostrophe.
2. to contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
apostrophize
\a*pos"tro*phize\, v. i. to use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
Verb
1. use an apostrophe
(synonym) apostrophise
(hypernym) write
(derivation) apostrophe
Apostrophize Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Apostrophe (Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé, "turning away"; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In dramatic works and poetry written in or translated into English, such a figure of speech is often introduced by the exclamation "O".
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