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obelize

American

[ob-uh-lahyz] / ˈɒb əˌlaɪz /

especially British, obelise

verb (used with object)

obelized, obelizing

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

obelize British

/ ˈɒbɪˌlaɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

obelism

noun

Etymology

Origin of obelize

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

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