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apostrophize

Pronunciation: /əˈpɒstrəfʌɪz/

(also apostrophise)
Definition of apostrophize

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

apostrophize in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of apostrophize in the US English dictionary