apostrophize
verb
apos·tro·phize
ə-ˈpä-strə-ˌfīz 
apostrophized; apostrophizing
: to address by or in apostrophe
: to make use of apostrophe
Examples of apostrophize in a Sentence
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Both thereby apostrophize America’s original sin and permanent crisis: the otherizing of the not white, regardless of gradations.
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Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
Schumer brings this to life with the exemplary comedic device of self-apostrophizing asides, in which Emily brandishes her self-esteem to herself as if to compensate for its absence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 May 2017
Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
Schumer brings this to life with the exemplary comedic device of self-apostrophizing asides, in which Emily brandishes her self-esteem to herself as if to compensate for its absence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 May 2017
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Word History
Etymology
First Known Use
1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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“Apostrophize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apostrophize. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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