1. prints or writes in italics; emphasizes text by slanting it
Usage: British spelling; third person singular present tense

Examples

• The editor italicises foreign words in the manuscript.
• She always italicises book titles in her essays.
• The software automatically italicises emphasized text.
• He italicises key terms to help readers identify them.
• The style guide requires that one italicises scientific names.
• The program italicises any text between asterisks.