punc·tu·ate (p ngk ch - t )v. punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing, punc·tu·ates v.tr. 1. To provide (a text) with punctuation marks. 2. To interrupt periodically: "lectures punctuated by questions and discussions" (Gilbert Highet). "[There is] a great emptiness in America's West punctuated by Air Force bases" (Alfred Kazin). 3. To stress or emphasize. v.intr. To use punctuation. [Medieval Latin p  ncture, pnctut-, from Latin pnctum, point, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]punc tu·ative adj.punc tu·ator n. |
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