Meaning of apostrophation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Personal address via apostrophe (an exclamatory speech).
   countable, rare, uncountable
2. The omission of parts of a word by means of an apostrophe (punctuation mark), contraction.
   countable, rare, uncountable

Examples

“I shall you make relacyon By way of apostrofacyon Under supportacyon Of your pacyent tolleracyon, […]”

“He was no doubt not superior to the apostrophation of his time; […]”

“In some cases, however, the apostrophation failed of its purpose, if its purpose were indeed the reduction of redundant syllables: […]”

“Words are run together by apostrophation in lines 21, 24, 35, 44, 57, 58, 79, 83, 84, 102, and 103, producing such cumbrous (and then conventional) specimens as o’ th’, in ’s, i’ th’, and t’ hang.”

“The post-generator performs orthogonal operations on the target language, like contractions and apostrophations.”

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