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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)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) 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 presentathetises
present participleathetising
past participleathetised
pastathetised

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

  1. Atherton ctenotuses
  2. Athertonian
  3. Athertons
  4. atheteses
  5. athetesis
  6. athetise
  7. athetised
  8. athetises
  9. athetising
  10. athetize
  11. athetized

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