obelising
/ˈɑbəlaɪzɪŋ/
verb
- The act of marking a word or passage with an obelus to indicate it is spurious, doubtful, or obsolete.
- She is obelising the manuscript to highlight sections that may not be original.
- The scholar spent the afternoon obelising questionable lines in the ancient text.
- Obelising passages is a common practice in critical editions of classical works.
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