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obelize

[ ob-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, ob·e·lized, ob·e·liz·ing.
  1. to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.


obelize

/ ˈɒbɪˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • obe·lism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obelize1

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

Origin of obelize1

C17: from Greek obelizein
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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.

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

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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