athetise
athetise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of athetize.
Meaning of athetize
Verb
athetize (third-person singular simple present athetizes, present participle athetizing, simple past and past participle athetized)
- To reject a passage of text as spurious.
- But this is a doubtful compliment to a ship ; the alternative "a first-rate sailor," suits the context better, and so here, "or first-rate build," primarie compacti (Döderl[ein]), avoids the awkward tautology with νεοτευχέες which made Zenod[otos] athetize the line.1886, Walter Leaf, The Iliad: Edited with English Notes and Introduction, volume 1, London: Macmillan and Co., translation of Ἰλιάς [Iliás] by Homer, page 157, column 2
Forms of athetise
| third-person singular present | athetises |
|---|---|
| present participle | athetising |
| past participle | athetised |
| past | athetised |
Questions about athetise
- What is athetise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Athetise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of athetize.
Words near athetise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: athetise (page history and authors); athetize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “athetise.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/athetise. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
