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Apostrophe1. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Apostrophe1 Also 8 -phy. [a. L. apostrophe, a. Gr. ἀποστροφή, n. of action f. ἀποστρέφ-ειν to turn away, f. ἀπό away + στρέφ-ειν to turn, στροφή a turning.]

1   1.  Rhet. A figure of speech, by which a speaker or writer suddenly stops in his discourse, and turns to address pointedly some person or thing, either present or absent; an exclamatory address. (As explained by Quintilian, apostrophe was directed to a person present; modern use has extended it to the absent or dead (who are for the nonce supposed to be present); but it is by no means confined to these, as sometimes erroneously stated.)

2 1533.  More, Apol., vii. Wks. 1557, 859/1. With a fygure of apostrophe and turning his tale to God criyng out: O good Lorde.

3 1649.  Roberts, Clavis Bibl., 678. An Apostrophe, or affectionate Compellation of all that passe by to be sensibly touch’t with her sorrows.

4 1794.  Godwin, Cal. Williams, I. 272. Themistocles … accosted him with that noble apostrophe, Strike, but hear?

5 1830.  Coleridge, Lect. Shaks., II. 118. The apostrophe to light at the commencement of the third book [of Paradise Lost] is particularly beautiful.

6 1859.  Geo. Eliot, A. Bede, 30. Bursting out into wild accusing apostrophes to God and destiny.

7   2.  Bot. The aggregation of protoplasm and chlorophyll-grains on the cell-walls adjacent to other cells, as opposed to epistrophe when they collect on the free cell-walls.

8 1875.  Bennett & Dyer, trans. Sachs’ Bot., 672. The second mode, or Apostrophe, takes place under unfavourable external conditions.

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