obelizing

Verb

obelize (third-person singular simple present obelizes, present participle obelizing, simple past and past participle obelized)

1. To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful.
   • All modern classicists like to display due caution before coming to a conclusion and will reluctantly obelise any words in a manuscript that resist obvious emendation before deciding that on balance one version is better than another.2015, James Davidson, “Laugh as long as you can”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 14