Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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APOS'TROPHIZE, verb intransitive or t.
1. To make an apostrophe, or short detached address in speaking; to address by apostrophy.
2. verb transitive To contract a word by omitting a letter or letters.
3. To mark with a comma, indicating the omission of a letter.
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