punctuate

(puŋk′c̸ho̵̅o̅ āt′)

Origin: < ML punctuatus, pp. of punctuare < L punctus, a point

intransitive verb

to use punctuation marks

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See punctuate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing, punc·tu·ates

verb, transitive

To provide (a text) with punctuation marks.
To interrupt periodically: “lectures punctuated by questions and discussions” (Gilbert Highet). “[There is] a great emptiness in America's West punctuated by Air Force bases” (Alfred Kazin).
To stress or emphasize.

verb, intransitive

To use punctuation.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin pūnctuāre, pūnctuāt-

Origin: , from Latin pūnctum, point

Origin: , from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots

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