[ә'pɔstrәfaiz]
v.
加省略符号, 顿呼

[ verb ]
use an apostrophe
<verb.communication> apostrophise

Apostrophize \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.


Apostrophize \A*pos"tro*phize\, v. i.
To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.