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punctuate

[ puhngk-choo-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

punctuated, punctuating.
  1. to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
  2. to interrupt at intervals:

    Cheers punctuated the mayor's speech.

  3. to give emphasis or force to; emphasize; underline.


verb (used without object)

punctuated, punctuating.
  1. to insert or use marks of punctuation.

punctuate

/ 藞辫蕦艐办迟箩蕣藢别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. also intr to insert punctuation marks into (a written text)
  2. to interrupt or insert at frequent intervals

    a meeting punctuated by heckling

  3. to give emphasis to
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫耻苍肠迟耻藢补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫耻苍肠顎僼耻路补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍路辫耻苍肠顎僼耻路补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
  • 谤别路辫耻苍肠顎僼耻路补迟别顎 verb (used with object) repunctuated repunctuating
  • 耻苍路辫耻苍肠顎僼耻路补迟顎卐诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路辫耻苍肠顎僼耻路补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of punctuate1

1625鈥35; < Medieval Latin 辫奴苍肠迟耻腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 辫奴苍肠迟耻腻谤别 to point), derivative of Latin 辫奴苍肠迟耻蝉 a pricking; punctual
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of punctuate1

C17: from Medieval Latin 辫耻苍肠迟耻腻谤别 to prick, from Latin punctum a prick, from pungere to puncture
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As if to punctuate his asinine decision, Marin makes a braying donkey noise.

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Once more, it was a realpolitik that punctuates the Portuguese's career - and would sit well with the realism of Hardy.

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Despite striking out seven batters, he was knocked around for a five-spot in the third, punctuated by a hanging curveball Michael Toglia hit for a grand slam.

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It's punctuated by stretches of companionable silence, where Young drums on his knees, or interacts with his son Ben, who was born with severe cerebral palsy.

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Large murals celebrating the city's automotive history punctuate the scenery.

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