different between obelized vs obelize

English

Etymology

obelize +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??b?l?zd, ??b.l?zd; IPA^(key): /??b?la?zd/, /??b?la?zd/
• (General American) enPR: ??b?l?zd', IPA^(key): /??b?la?zd/

Verb

obelized

1. simple past tense and past participle of obelize

Adjective

obelized (not comparable)

1. (of a word or passage of text) Marked with an obelus or obelisk; condemned as spurious or corrupt.
   • ante 1971, Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (1973, University of California Press, ?ISBN; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part VI: “Conclusions”, § 1: ‘The Ancient Evidence’, page 51

     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.

Alternative forms

• obelised

References

• “obelized, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., March 2004]

English

Alternative forms

• obelise

Etymology

From Hellenic Ancient Greek ????????? (obelízein), from ?????? (obelós, “obelus”).

Verb

obelize (third-person singular simple present obelizes, present participle obelizing, simple past and past participle obelized)

1. To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful. [from 17th c.]
   • 2015, James Davidson, ‘Laugh as long as you can’, London Review of Books, vol. 37 no. 14:

     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.

References

• “Obelize, v.” listed on page 12 of volume VII (O–P), § i (O) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
• “obelize, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “obelize, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., March 2004]