Dictionary entry

Apostrophize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

A‐pos″tro‐phize (�), v. t., [imp. & p. p.Apostrophized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Apostrophizing.] 1. To address by apostrophe.

2. To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.