obelises
/ˈɑbəlaɪzɪz/
verb
- Marks (a word or passage) with an obelus to indicate that it is spurious, doubtful, or obsolete.
- The scholar obelises the phrase because its style does not match the rest of the text.
- The editor obelises any line that does not appear in the oldest manuscripts.
- In her commentary, she obelises several verses that she believes were added by a later scribe.
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