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apostrophe (2)
a·pos·tro·phe [ ə póstrəfee ] (plural a·pos·tro·phes)


noun 
Definition:
 
address to imaginary person: a rhetorical passage in which an absent or imaginary person or an abstract or inanimate entity is addressed directly
[Mid-16th century. Via Latin< Greek apostrophē< apostrephein (see apostrophe1)]

ap·os·troph·ic [ àppə stróffik ] adjective
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