obelizing
/ˈɑbəˌlaɪzɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of obelize: the act of marking a word or passage with an obelus.
- The scholar spent the afternoon obelizing suspicious lines in the manuscript.
- Obelizing the text is a careful process that requires comparing multiple sources.
- While obelizing the document, she discovered several errors in the original transcription.
noun
- The process or practice of marking text with obelus symbols.
- The student learned about obelizing during her class on ancient manuscripts.
- His obelizing of the poem helped clarify which parts were original.
- Obelizing is a common technique in textual criticism to highlight uncertain passages.