ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌtīz transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Greek athet ein (from athetos set aside, not fixed, from a- a- (II) + thetos placed, from tithenai to place) + English -ize — more at do
: to reject or mark (a passage) as spurious
the athetized lines of the Iliad