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APOSTROPHISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use an apostrophe

Synonyms:

apostrophise; apostrophize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "apostrophise" 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)

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