Definition of Punctuate

1. Verb. Insert punctuation marks into.

Exact synonyms: Mark
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"

3. Verb. Interrupt periodically. "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt

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

punctiliousness
punction
punctions
punctist
punctists
puncto
punctos
punctual
punctualist
punctualists
punctualities
punctuality
punctuall
punctually
punctualness
punctuate (current term)
punctuated
punctuated equilibrium
punctuates
punctuating
punctuation
punctuation mark
punctuation marks
punctuation space
punctuational
punctuationism
punctuationist
punctuationists
punctuationless
punctuations

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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