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Verb: apostrophize  u'pós-tru`fIz
  1. Use an apostrophe
    "When Freud resorts to the metaphor 'navel of a dream', what he does is apostrophize the lost maternal body"
    - apostrophise [Brit]

Derived forms: apostrophizing, apostrophized, apostrophizes

See also: apostrophe

Type of: write

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