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obelize

verb

Etymology

From Hellenic Ancient Greek ὀβελίζειν (obelízein), from ὀβελός (obelós, “obelus”).

  1. derived from ὀβελίζειν

Definitions

  1. To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obelize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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