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obelized en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɒbəlaɪzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ŏʹb.līzd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɑbəlaɪzd/ (General-American)
  • ŏʹbĭlīzd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ŏʹbəlīzd' (General-American)
  • /ˈɒbɪlaɪzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From obelize + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a word or passage of text) Marked with an obelus or obelisk; condemned as spurious or corrupt.
    • While R and S each seem to constitute a long syllable, both lines in which they occur are to some extent corrupt, especially the R line, both being obelized in Keli’s standard edition of Velius Longus. ante''' 1971, Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (1973, University of California Press; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part VI: “Conclusions”, § 1: ‘The Ancient Evidence’, page 51

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obelized en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɒbəlaɪzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ŏʹb.līzd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɑbəlaɪzd/ (General-American)
  • ŏʹbĭlīzd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ŏʹbəlīzd' (General-American)
  • /ˈɒbɪlaɪzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From obelize + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of obelize
    form of obelize