verb
- to address someone or something directly in speech or writing, especially someone who is absent, dead, or inanimate
Usage: literary; formal
Examples
- The poet apostrophised the moon in her verses.
- In his speech, he apostrophised his deceased mentor.
- The playwright has the character apostrophise Death itself.
- She apostrophised the city that had shaped her childhood.
- The orator apostrophised liberty and justice in his closing remarks.