apostrophize

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Or that the prolix Gaev — a man as likely to apostrophize a piece of furniture as the stars above — keeps promising he’ll be quiet.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2011

So did one medieval minstrel apostrophize his hero, suggesting that a good hunting dog might be a duke's best friend.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even Sweden's cautious Premier Per Albin Hansson was stirred to apostrophize a common Scandinavian labor market, economic collaboration, common Nordic citizenship.

From Time Magazine Archive

No bright and overwhelming genius appeared in 1947 to light the way and apostrophize the age.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the author be old-fashioned enough to apostrophize the Gentle Reader, I know he must mean me, and docilely give ear, and presently tumble head-foremost into the treacherous pit he has digged for me.

From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian