"apostrophize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: apostrophizes [present, singular, third-person], apostrophizing [participle, present], apostrophized [participle, past], apostrophized [past]
Etymology: apostrophe + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|apostrophe|ize}} apostrophe + -ize Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-apostrophize-en-verb-xa1eGa5d
  2. To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters. Translations (to add one or more apostrophes to text to indicate missing letters): apostrofar (Catalan), lisätä heittomerkki (english: one) (Finnish), lisätä heittomerkit (english: many) (Finnish), apostrophieren (German), apostrofi [dated] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-apostrophize-en-verb-v0d1HAYB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'to add one or more apostrophes to text to indicate missing letters': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apostrophise Derived forms: apostrophization, mis-apostrophize, unapostrophized Translations (to use the apostrophe in writing or speech): apostrofar (Catalan), esittää apostrofi (Finnish), apostropher (French), apostrophieren (German), aitheasc (Irish), apostrofare (Italian), apostrofować [archaic, imperfective] (Polish), apostrofar (Portuguese), apostrofa (Romanian), apostrofar (Venetian)
Disambiguation of 'to use the apostrophe in writing or speech': 49 51

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      "sense": "to use the apostrophe in writing or speech",
      "word": "apostrofar"
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      "sense": "to use the apostrophe in writing or speech",
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