The use of apostrophe characters. / The use of an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech).

plural of apostrophization

(orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

(rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

(rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). / (orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').

plural of apostrophe

(transitive) To deliver an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech) to someone, especially someone not present. / To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostrophize

simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize

(rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue. / (orthography, humorous) With apostrophes.