The definition of annotate means to create explanatory notes for a text.
(verb)An example of annotate is to include definitions for archaic terms in the Bible.
See annotate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb annotated, annotating
Origin: < L annotatus, pp. of annotare < ad-, to + notare, to note, mark < nota: see note
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verb an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing, an·no·tates verb, transitive
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Origin: Latin annotāre, annotāt-, to note down
Origin: : ad-, ad-
Origin: + notāre, to write (from nota, note; see gnō- in Indo-European roots)
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