verb
- past tense of apostrophize; addressed someone or something directly in speech or writing, especially someone absent or something abstract
Usage: literary; rhetorical
Examples
- The poet apostrophized the moon in her verses.
- He apostrophized his deceased father during the eulogy.
- The speaker apostrophized liberty itself in his passionate speech.
- She apostrophized the wind as if it could hear her plea.
- The playwright apostrophized death in the final soliloquy.
- He apostrophized his homeland while living in exile.