apostrophize

 
Pronunciation: /əˈpɒstrəfʌɪz/
(also apostrophise)

verb

[with object]
  • 1 Rhetoric address an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem to (someone or something): it isn’t just any poet who could apostrophize his clapped-out van
  • 2punctuate (a word) with an apostrophe: pupils claimed that had been taught to apostrophize plurals