Apostrophise vs Apostrophize - What's the difference?
apostrophise | apostrophize | Alternative forms |
*{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
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, chapter=2 to use the apostrophe figure of speech in writing or speech
to add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters
Apostrophize is a alternative form of apostrophise.
As verbs the difference between apostrophise and apostrophize
is that apostrophise is an alternative spelling of apostrophize while apostrophize is to use the apostrophe figure of speech in writing or speech.apostrophise
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Verb
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apostrophize
English
Alternative forms
* apostrophiseVerb
- (c1850): "You little thought,” said Mr. Pumblechook, apostrophizing the fowl in the dish, “when you was a young fledgling, what was in store for you. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens.
- (1894): "...she resumed her former occupation, and continued to soliloquize and apostrophize her absent handmaidens, without even appearing sensible of his presence. St.Ronan's Well, by Sir Walter Scott.