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annotate, v.|ˈænəteɪt|
[f. L. annotāt- ppl. stem of annotā-re or adnotāre to put a note to; f. ad to + notā-re to mark, f. nota a mark: see note. An early by-form was annote.]
(Not in Johnson's Dict., but used in explaining Comment.)
1. trans. To add notes to, furnish with notes (a literary work or author).
1755Johnson, Comment, to annotate; to write notes; to expound. 1801W. Taylor in Month. Mag. XII. 576 This translation is executed with exactness, and annotated with erudition. 1836Southey Lett. IV. 462 His engagement to annotate ‘Milton.’ 1859Masson Milton I. 531 A copy of Aratus..which is annotated here and there by his hand.
2. intr. To add or make notes. Const. on, upon.
1733Ilive Orat. 26 (T.) Give me leave to annotate on the words thus. 1803Southey in Robberds Mem. W. Taylor I. 466 Examine what I and what Turner write..and annotate thereupon. 1882Blackw. Mag. Jan. 108 It was Coleridge's habit to annotate with a pencil. |