Obelize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful.
"All modern classicists like to display due caution before coming to a conclusion and will reluctantly obelise any words in a manuscript that resist obvious emendation before deciding that on balance one version is better than another."
Example
More examples"All modern classicists like to display due caution before coming to a conclusion and will reluctantly obelise any words in a manuscript that resist obvious emendation before deciding that on balance one version is better than another."
Etymology
From Hellenic Ancient Greek ὀβελίζειν (obelízein), from ὀβελός (obelós, “obelus”).
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