athetize

transitive verb

ath·​e·​tize

-ed/-ing/-s

: to reject or mark (a passage) as spurious

the athetized lines of the Iliad

Word History

Etymology

Greek athetein (from athetos set aside, not fixed, from a- a- entry 2 + thetos placed, from tithenai to place) + English -ize

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