- 1(formal or literary) apostrophize somebody to address what you are saying, or a poem, a speech in a play, etc. to a particular person
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- 2apostrophize something to add apostrophes to a piece of writing
apostrophize
verbNAmE//əˈpɑstrəˌfaɪz//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they apostrophize he / she / it apostrophizes
past simple apostrophized
-ing form apostrophizing
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