verb
- present participle of obelise; marking or annotating text with an obelus (a typographical symbol used to indicate a dubious or spurious passage)
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: obelizing); scholarly/editorial context; rare in modern usage
Examples
- The editor was obelising the questionable passages in the ancient manuscript.
- Scholars began obelising the text to indicate which lines were likely later additions.
- The practice of obelising dubious verses has a long history in textual criticism.