1. 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.