\A*pos"tro*phize\, v. t., [imp. & p. p. {Apostrophized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apostrophizing}.] 1. To address by apostrophe. 2. To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
\A*pos"tro*phize\, v. i. To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.