apostrophize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of apostrophize
First recorded in 1605–15; apostrophe 2 + -ize
Example Sentences
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Or that the prolix Gaev — a man as likely to apostrophize a piece of furniture as the stars above — keeps promising he’ll be quiet.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2011
No bright and overwhelming genius appeared in 1947 to light the way and apostrophize the age.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus did Adolf Hitler apostrophize his beloved season, spring.
From Time Magazine Archive
He hired four obscure artists to paint the illustrations exactly as he wanted them, and then got some second-rate poets to apostrophize the plants in sticky verse.
From Time Magazine Archive
If she could not find any one to talk to she would talk to any thing; if she was making the fire she would apostrophize the sticks for not burning properly.
From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick
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