apostrophaladj.
/əˈpɒstrəfəl/ ? Obsolete. rare.
Of the nature of, or containing, an apostrophe.
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apostrophal1652
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1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 278 I could have used,..Apostrophal and Prosopopœial diversions.
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adj.1652- to proclaim something upon the house-tops
- to proclaim something upon the housetop
- to proclaim something upon the housetops
- to proclaim upon the house-top
- to proclaim upon the house-tops
- to proclaim upon the housetop
- to proclaim upon the housetops
- to proclaim war
- to produce in evidence
- to produce the goods
- to proffer a candle before or to the devil
- to prolong one's agony
- to prolong the agony
- to promise fair
- to promise oneself
- to promise oneself something
- to promise the earth
- to promise the moon
- to propose a person's health
- to prosecute the law against
- to prosecute the law upon
- to protest for remedy of law
- to prove a maidenhead
- to prove a scienter
- to prove a woman's maidenhead