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punctuate

verb
/ˈpʰʌŋktjuːeɪt/UK/ˈpʰʌŋkʃɪu̯ːeɪt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuātus, perfect passive participle of pūnctuō (“to mark with points”), from Medieval Latin pūnctus (“a point, dot”), from pungō (“to prick, punch”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of punch.

  1. derived from pūnctus
  2. borrowed from pūnctuātus

Definitions

  1. To add punctuation to.

    • That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated as "it's".

  2. To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.

    • My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.
    • Most soldiers would testify that the everyday experience of war is long stretches of boredom punctuated by sudden, terrifying spells of disorder.

  3. To emphasize

    To emphasize; to stress.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Point-like

      Point-like; consisting of or marked with one or more points.

      • […] with a punctuate wound of entrance and a small wound of exit, may very properly be treated with a dry dressing and not disturbed, and in a large proportion of the cases there will be little or no tissue reaction that will require[…]
      • […] with a punctuate eruption on the hard palate, and a peppery red punctuate rash becoming generalized within twenty-four hours can mean nothing else but scarlet fever. Add to this the circumoral pallor and the glandular enlargements[…]
      • Positive HPV 16 hybridization signal in two cervical carcinomas. A punctuate signal (a) and a punctuate and diffuse signal (b).

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Derived

interpunctuate, mispunctuate, overpunctuate, punctuatable, punctuative, punctuator, repunctuate, underpunctuate, unpunctuate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA