obelize

especially British, ob·e·lise

[ob-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

obelized, obelizing 

1. to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.

obelize

/ ˈɒbɪˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus

Other Word Forms

• obelism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of obelize¹

1605–15; < Greek obelízein, equivalent to obel ( ós ) obelus + -izein -ize

Word History and Origins

Origin of obelize¹

C17: from Greek obelizein

Example Sentences

During the last two years, apart from much else, I have emended the Letters of St. Jerome, obelizing what was false and spurious and explaining the obscure passages with notes.

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Griesbach, on far slenderer evidence, was for obelizing all the three clauses.

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Many of these niceties must be known, before a critic can ever allow himself to believe that he is right in obelizing, or in marking with so much as a ? any verse whatever of Milton's.

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