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apostrophize, v.|əˈpɒstrəfaɪz|
[f. apostrophe + -ize.]
I. From apostrophe1.
1. Rhet. To address with or in an apostrophe.
1725Pope Odyss. xiv. 41 note, Homer's manner of apostrophizing Eumæus. 1760Sterne Tr. Shandy xxx. Wks. IX. 289 ‘Best of honest and gallant servants!’—but I have apostrophiz'd thee Trim, once before. 1825Scott Betrothed ii, ‘And what though thou, O scroll,’ he said, apostrophizing the letter..‘dost speak with the tongue of the stranger.’
b. absol. or intr.
1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 228 Indeed, apostrophising and mystifying apart. 1865Pall Mall G. 19 June 4 That additional half-hour of hesitation, repetition, and apostrophizing on his part.
II. From apostrophe2.
2. To omit one or more letters of a word; to mark with the sign (') the omission of letters.
1611Cotgr., Apostropher..to apostrophise; to cut off (by an Apostrophe) the last vowell of a word. 1818[See next.] |