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APOSTROPHIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they apostrophize ... he / she / it apostrophizes
Past simple: apostrophized
Past participle: apostrophized
-ing form: apostrophizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use an apostrophe
Synonyms:
apostrophise; apostrophize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "apostrophize" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
apostrophe (the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word)
