punctuative


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punc·tu·ate

 (pŭngk′cho͞o-āt′)
v. punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing, punc·tu·ates
v.tr.
1. To provide (a text) with punctuation marks.
2. To occur or 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 pūnctuāre, pūnctuāt-, from Latin pūnctum, point, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
punc′tu·a′tive adj.
punc′tu·a′tor n.
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punctuative

(ˈpʌŋktjʊˌeɪtɪv)
adj
(Grammar) relating to the punctuation in a script
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