punctuate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: punc=tu=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

punctuate, v. t. [Cf. F. ponctuer. See Punctual.].

 To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

punctuate, v.tr.
1 insert punctuation marks in.
2 interrupt at intervals (punctuated his tale with heavy sighs).

Etymology

med.L punctuare punctuat- (as PUNCTUAL)

THESAURUS

punctuate

accent, accentuate, analyze, belabor, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bracket, brand, break, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, cicatrize, conjugate, dapple, dash, decline, define, delimit, demarcate, discolor, divide, dot, dwell on, emphasize, engrave, fleck, freckle, gash, give emphasis to, harp on, hatch, highlight, hyphenate, impress, imprint, inflect, interrupt, intersperse, italicize, line, make a mark, mark, mark off, mark out, mottle, nick, notch, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overstress, parenthesize, parse, pencil, pepper, place emphasis on, point, point up, prick, print, punch, puncture, riddle, rub in, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, separate, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, spotlight, sprinkle, stain, stamp, star, stigmatize, streak, stress, striate, stripe, tattoo, tick, tick off, trace, underline, underscore

ROGET THESAURUS

punctuate

Grammar

VB parse, punctuate, syllabicate.