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单词 punctuate
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punctuateadj.

Brit. /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪt/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊeɪt/, U.S. /ˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˌweɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: punctuate v.
Etymology: < punctuate v. Compare earlier punctate adj. 1.
Chiefly Botany, Zoology, and Medicine.
= punctate adj. 1.
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the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by texture > [adjective] > pitted or punctate
maculous?a1425
maculose1727
punctuated1754
punctate1760
punctured1769
punctuate1872
1872 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 4 147 Head minutely punctuate.
1901 Bot. Gaz. 31 9 Fruit..bright scarlet, punctuate with minute dark spots.
1962 D. G. Cogan in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 295 Cataracts with hypoparathyroidism..at first show opacities in the cortex that are punctuate and polychromatic.
1986 G. Culverwell tr. P. Arduini & G. Teruzzi Macdonald Encycl. Fossils No. 146 The back is moderately convex, punctuate and not markedly divided.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

punctuatev.

Brit. /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪt/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊeɪt/, U.S. /ˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˌweɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin punctuat-, punctuare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin punctuat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of punctuare to mark a break in a liturgical text (c1330, c1337, 1472), to insert punctuation marks in (a1349), to mark with a point (14th cent.), to point masonry (1376), to agree on, decide (c1446; all in British sources) < classical Latin punctus action of pointing (see punctual adj.). Compare French ponctuer to give emphasis to (while reading) (1404 in Middle French as ponctuer ), to mark the pauses in the recitation of a poem (1513 as punctuer ), to insert punctuation in a text (1550 as punctuer ). Compare earlier punctuation n.
1. transitive. To point out, note. Obsolete. rare.
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1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. iv. ix. 331 You haue punctuated vnto me so many remarkeable things, and nouelties thereof [Fr. Vous avez..m'y faictes remarquer tant de nouveautez], in the Letter you pleased to send me.
2.
a. transitive. To insert punctuation marks in (a sentence, text, etc.); to mark or divide with points or stops; (also) to insert diacritical marks in (a script requiring them, esp. Hebrew). Cf. earlier point v.1 6a, 6d. Also intransitive.
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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > punctuate [verb (transitive)]
pointa1425
interpoint1595
interpuncta1631
prick1637
distinguish1656
punctuate1675
stop1776
interpunctuate1850
1675 H. Neville in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 238 Upon application to an Astrologer, he received this answer, Ibis redibis non morieris in bello: which if punctuated thus, Ibis, redibis non, morieris in bello, threatned the said Braccio with the unfortunateness of his Expedition.
1692 J. Dunton Young-students-libr. 301/2 Although we can mark here the radical Letters, and that they can be punctuated after the way of the Hebrews, or that of the Syrians, it doth not at all follow that that is the true Pronunciation of the Words.
1764 Polit. & Lit. Observ. Wks. Mr. Churchill 49 I have taken care to punctuate this passage exactly like the Original.
1791 A. O'Leary Misc. Tracts 277 [He] got rid of the difficulty by punctuating and transposing the words in the following manner:—Surrexit ne? Non. Est hic.
1822 Times 14 Nov. 2/2 Pope's well-known line:—‘Lord Fanny spins a thousand such a day’, was punctuated ‘Lord, Fanny spins a thousand such a day’.
1848 Where to Stop, & Why 3 Some men punctuate according to vague ideas of sense.
1900 Jewish Q. Rev. 12 231 What is the distinction between שלתך and שרית that led the editor to punctuate the former word in the text, while he left the latter without vowels?
1902 T. L. De Vinne Pract. Typogr.: Correct Composition 246 A knowledge of grammar is of great value in enabling a compositor to punctuate properly.
1957 Class. Philol. 52 33/1 I print and punctuate the text as Fraenkel gives it.
2005 Writer's Mag. Sept. 47/1 If you as reader don't notice how words are spelt, or sentences punctuated, or how pages are laid out, it is usually because the housekeeping is good.
b. transitive. figurative. To put a stop to; to interrupt in order to end. rare.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to
astintc700
stathea1200
atstuntc1220
to put an end toa1300
to set end ofa1300
batec1300
stanch1338
stinta1350
to put awayc1350
arrestc1374
finisha1375
terminec1390
achievea1393
cease1393
removec1405
terminate?a1425
stop1426
surceasec1435
resta1450
discontinue1474
adetermine1483
blina1500
stay1525
abrogatea1529
suppressa1538
to set in or at stay1538
to make stay of1572
depart1579
check1581
intercept1581
to give a stop toa1586
dirempt1587
date1589
period1595
astayc1600
nip1600
to break off1607
snape1631
sist1635
to make (a) stop of1638
supersede1643
assopiatea1649
periodizea1657
unbusya1657
to put a stop to1679
to give the holla to1681
to run down1697
cessate1701
end1737
to choke off1818
stopper1821
punctuate1825
to put a stopper on1828
to take off ——1845
still1850
to put the lid on1873
on the fritz1900
to close down1903
to put the fritz on something1910
to put the bee on1918
switch1921
to blow the whistle on1934
1825 S. T. Coleridge Let. 6 Dec. (1971) V. 519 Since the receipt of your kind..letter, one interruption after another has punctuated my answer from a semi-colon to a full stop.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 202 I am glad you came in to punctuate my discourse, which I fear has gone on for an hour without any stop at all.
1972 Amer. Hist. Rev. 77 179/1 This is no pastice assembled by friends and colleagues, nor a text abruptly punctuated by the author's death.
c. transitive. To interrupt at intervals; to intersperse with. Also: to be dispersed, or occur at intervals, throughout (an area or period).
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the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt (speech) [verb (transitive)]
forbreakc1374
interrupta1420
recoupc1450
lardc1550
interturb1554
intercept1581
parenthese1635
punctuate1848
puncture1896
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > among other things > with things interspersed
intersperse1566
interseam1589
interfuse1593
to strew out1631
chequer1677
punctuate1848
nugget1881
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] > at intervals
punctuate1882
paragraph1909
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son 49 Susan..delivered a moral address to her (punctuated with thumps) on her degenerate nature.
1882 Standard 17 Mar. 3/1 That speech was..punctuated throughout with cries of ‘Release the suspects’.
1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 111 Mr. Gladstone's speech was an expansion of his postcard, punctuated by cheers.
1914 A. H. F. Strangways Music Hindostan i. 24 Several of the men punctuated the first of the songs with boos and poohs to represent the drum.
1941 Penguin New Writing 2 54 They communicated with each other in a low drone,..punctuated by an occasional deep-throated ‘Ah!’
1971 E. Mavor Ladies of Llangollen ix. 159 Great delicacy had to be employed on both sides of a correspondence which was apt to be punctuated with small wounded silences.
2004 Slightly Foxed Winter 8 A slightly undulating vista of pasture-land,..punctuated here and there by a steeple or windmill.
d. transitive. To give (esp. final) emphasis to; to accentuate.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding
aggravate1549
accent1595
to lay weight upon1600
emphase1631
circumflect1643
to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon)1653
to set home1656
forestall1657
circumflex1661
signalize1698
to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon1748
emphasize1793
accentuate1817
stress1845
to rub in1851
to draw out1855
underline1880
punctuate1883
peak1887
underscore1891
to point up1926
1883 Talmage in Christian Globe 829/2 Telling the Custom House officer, ‘There is nothing in that trunk but wearing apparel,’ and putting a 5 dol. gold piece in his hand to punctuate the statement.
1898 National Rev. Dec. 501 To punctuate his perjury he added this remark.
1961 A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business Jargon 75 The entire band plays a fast glissando up to a heavily accented note to emphasize or punctuate a violent action or thought.
2004 M. A. Crane Fistful of Thorns ii. 11 He punctuated the command by firing another round into the ground in front of them.
3. transitive. To mark with points or dots. Chiefly in passive: (Biology) to be marked with small circular punctures, or depressions resembling punctures; cf. punctuated adj. 1. rare.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)] > speckle
powderc1380
besprenga1425
prick1530
sprinkle1551
peckle1570
speckle1570
speck1580
pepper?1605
pounce1610
freckle1613
freck1621
stipplea1774
punctuate1777
dot1784
puncture1848
bespeckle1860
prickle1888
tick1910
1777 W. Anderson Jrnl. 3 Apr. in J. Cook Jrnl. (1967) III. 841 Those boats were most curriously..painted..and exceeded..any thing of that kind I had ever seen..for they seem'd to have taken more pains in doing this than punctuating their own bodys.
1818 R. P. Knight Symbolic Lang. 115 A large white flower; the base and centre of which is..punctuated on the top with little..cavities, in which the seeds grow.
1993 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 112 109 The surface of the body is punctuated by pores that always appear between the ridges.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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