“apostrophize”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

apostrophize

释义

apostrophize, v.|əˈpɒstrəfaɪz|
[f. apostrophe + -ize.]
I. From apostrophe¹.
1. Rhet. To address with or in an apostrophe.
1725Pope Odyss. xiv. 41 note, Homer's manner of apostrophizing Eumæus.1760Sterne Tr. Shandy xxx. Wks. IX. 289 ‘Best of honest and gallant servants!’—but I have apostrophiz'd thee Trim, once before.1825Scott Betrothed ii, ‘And what though thou, O scroll,’ he said, apostrophizing the letter..‘dost speak with the tongue of the stranger.’
b. absol. or intr.
1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 228 Indeed, apostrophising and mystifying apart.1865Pall Mall G. 19 June 4 That additional half-hour of hesitation, repetition, and apostrophizing on his part.
II. From apostrophe².
2. To omit one or more letters of a word; to mark with the sign (') the omission of letters.
1611Cotgr., Apostropher..to apostrophise; to cut off (by an Apostrophe) the last vowell of a word.1818[See next.]

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