athetize

verb /ˈæθətaɪz/

1. To reject a passage of text as spurious.

   transitive

   But this is a doubtful compliment to a ship ; the alternative "a first-rate sailor," suits the context better, and so here, "or first-rate build," primarie compacti (Döderl[ein]), avoids the awkward tautology with νεοτευχέες which made Zenod[otos] athetize the line.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “removed”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry athetize (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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