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ob⋅e⋅lize

  [ob-uh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -lized, -liz⋅ing.
to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
Also, especially British, ob⋅e⋅lise.

Origin:
1605–15; < Gk obelízein, equiv. to obel(ós) obelus + -izein -ize

Related forms:
ob⋅e⋅lism, noun
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ob·e·lize   (ŏb'ə-līz')   
tr.v.   ob·e·lized, ob·e·liz·ing, ob·e·liz·es
To mark or annotate with an obelus.

[Greek obelizein, from obelos, obelus.]
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