apostrophize

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He would often apostrophize twilight in the language of Wordsworth's sonnet: --

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  1. transitive and intransitive verb To address by or speak or write in apostrophe.

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  1. from apostrophe + -ize. Cf. Middle Latin apostrophare, later F. apostropher.
  2. from apostrophe + -ize.
 

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/əˈpɑstrəfaɪz/
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