different between apostrophise vs apostrophize

English

Etymology

apostrophe +? -ise

Verb

apostrophise (third-person singular simple present apostrophises, present participle apostrophising, simple past and past participle apostrophised)

1. Alternative spelling of apostrophize
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Will Royalty fly off towards Austria; like a lit rocket, towards endless Conflagration of Civil War? Stop it, ye Patriots, in the name of Heaven! Rude voices passionately apostrophise Royalty itself.

Anagrams

• apostrophies

English

Alternative forms

• apostrophise

Etymology

apostrophe +? -ize

Verb

apostrophize (third-person singular simple present apostrophizes, present participle apostrophizing, simple past and past participle apostrophized)

1. (transitive) To deliver an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech) to someone, especially someone not present.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 14:

     "He fully believes he is one of the aristocracy! And he is so condescending to the son he so egregiously deludes that you might suppose him the most virtuous of parents. Oh!" said the old lady, apostrophizing him with infinite vehemence. "I could bite you!"
2. To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.

Derived terms

1. mis-apostrophize

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