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Definition of Punctuate
1. Verb. Insert punctuation marks into.
Generic synonyms: Add
Specialized synonyms: Quote
Derivative terms: Punctuation, Punctuation
2. Verb. To stress, single out as important. "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
Specialized synonyms: Background, Downplay, Play Down, Bring Out, Set Off, Re-emphasise, Re-emphasize, Bear Down, Topicalize, Point Up, Drive Home, Press Home, Ram Home, Emphasise, Emphasize, Underline, Underscore
Generic synonyms: Evince, Express, Show
Derivative terms: Accent, Accent, Accentuation, Emphasis, Emphasizing, Stress
3. Verb. Interrupt periodically. "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
Definition of Punctuate
1. v. t. To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.
Definition of Punctuate
1. Verb. Add punctuation to. ¹
2. Verb. vary; interrupt; give structure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Punctuate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctuate
Literary usage of Punctuate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. McFadden Language Series by Effie Belle McFadden (1915)
"SENTENCES TO punctuate punctuate the following sentences. Begin every quotation
with a capital letter. 1. Tom said come fishing with me Saturday 2. ..."
2. Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Translated: With Notes on the Translation by Aristotle, Thomas Twining, Daniel Twining (1812)
"Such appears to me to be the force of •r,$r , in this passage, ivhich, 1 think,
is injured by those commentators who punctuate—WO- ..."
3. A First Manual of Composition: Designed for Use in the Highest Grammar Grade by Edwin Herbert Lewis (1899)
"How not to punctuate a modifying clause. — We learned in Exercise 12 that a
sentence is " a related group of words containing a subject and a predicate with ..."
4. The Efficient Secretary by Ellen Lane Spencer (1916)
"CAN YOU punctuate? It may be said of punctuation, as of English, that it is
growing continually more elastic. It is sometimes well to use a dash or series ..."
5. Language and Composition: Book One- by Effie Belle McFadden (1915)
"SENTENCES TO punctuate punctuate the following sentences. Begin every quotation
with a capital letter. 1. Tom said come fishing with me Saturday 2. ..."
6. The Graded School Speller by Frank Ellsworth Spaulding, William Dana Miller (1914)
"ad van'tage Benjamin had one great advantage. punc'tu ate He could punctuate
correctly. style But he saw that his style was poor. fault This was a serious ..."
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