"obelize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Hellenic Ancient Greek ὀβελίζειν (obelízein), from ὀβελός (obelós, “obelus”).",
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      "form": "obelizes",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "obelizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "obelized",
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    },
    {
      "form": "obelized",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, James Davidson, “Laugh as long as you can”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 14:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful."
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          "spurious",
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          "doubtful",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "obelise"
        }
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  "word": "obelize"
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    {
      "form": "obelizes",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "obelizing",
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      "form": "obelized",
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      "form": "obelized",
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