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Athetize

Athetize \Ath"e*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Athetized; p. pr. & vb. n. Athetizing.] [Gr. ?, fr. ? set aside, not fixed; ? not + ? to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

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athetize

vb. (context transitive English) To reject a passage of text as spurious.