apostrophe
-1 n. முன்னிலையணி, சொற்பொழிவில் அல்லது பாட்டில் இறந்துபோன ஒருவரை அல்லது உடன் இராத ஒருவரை முன்னிலைப்படுத்தி விளித்தல், எதிரே இல்லாத ஒருபொருளை முன்னிலைப்படுத்தல். (தாவ.) பாசிய ஒதுக்கம், முனைத்த ஔதக்கு விலகி உயிர்மங்களில் பாசியம் ஓரத்தில் ஒதுங்கல்.-2 n. எழுத்தெச்சக்குறி, உடைமை வேற்றுமைக்குறி.
A*pos"tro*phe, n. Etym: [(1) L., fr. Gr. apostrophus apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a letter, Gr. 1. (Rhet.) Defn: A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost." 2. (Gram.) Defn: The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called. 3. The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e. Note: The apostrophe is used to mark the plural of figures and letters; as, two 10's and three a's. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation. A*pos"tro*phe, n. Etym: [(1) L., fr. Gr. apostrophus apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a letter, Gr. 1. (Rhet.) Defn: A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost." 2. (Gram.) Defn: The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called. 3. The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e. Note: The apostrophe is used to mark the plural of figures and letters; as, two 10's and three a's. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation.