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Synonyms
punc·tu·ate (pŭngḱchōō-āt́)

[Medieval Latin pūnctuāre, pūnctuāt-, from Latin pūnctum, point from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick.]

verb: -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 

transitive verb 

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

intransitive verb 

To use punctuation.

derivatives

punćtu·átive
adjective
punćtu·átor
noun