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a·pos·tro·phe 1 A0372700 (ə-pŏs′trə-fē)n. The superscript sign ( ' ), usually used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations. [French, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos, from apostrephein, to turn away : apo-, apo- + strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.] ap′os·troph′ic (ăp′ə-strŏf′ĭk) adj.
a·pos·tro·phe 2 A0372700 (ə-pŏs′trə-fē)n. The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition. [Late Latin apostrophē, from Greek, from apostrephein, to turn away; see apostrophe1.] ap′os·troph′ic (ăp′ə-strŏf′ĭk) adj.ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | apostrophic - of or characteristic of apostrophe; "a passage of apostrophic grandeur" | EncyclopediaSeeapostrophe |