ATHETIZE

Etymology

Verb

athetize (third-person singular simple present athetizes, present participle athetizing, simple past and past participle athetized)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Ath"e*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Athetized; p. pr. & vb. n. Athetizing.] [Gr. , fr. set aside, not fixed; not + to place.]

Definition: To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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