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apostolate
apostolic
apostolic delegate
Apostolic Father
Apostolic See
apostolic succession
apostrophe (1)
apostrophe (2)
apostrophize
apothecaries’ measure
apothecaries’ weight
apothecary
apothecium
apothegm
apotheosis
apotheosize
apotropaic
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apostrophize
a·pos·tro·phize [ ə póstrə fz ] (past and past participle a·pos·tro·phized, present participle a·pos·tro·phiz·ing, 3rd person present singular a·pos·tro·phiz·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
address imaginary person: to address an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction
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