Crossword clues for punctuate
punctuate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punctuate \Punc"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punctuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Punctuating.] [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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "to point out," from Medieval Latin punctuatus, past participle of punctuare, from Latin punctus (see point (n.)). Meaning in reference to text, "to have pauses or stops indicated," is from 1818, probably a back-formation from punctuation. Hence, "interrupted at intervals" (1833). Related: Punctuated; punctuating.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 to add punctuation to 2 to add or to interrupt at regular intervals 3 to emphasize, to stress
WordNet
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "punctuate".
The musty auditorium was a dimly lit torture chamber, filled with the droning dull voice punctuated by the sharp screams of the electrified, the sea of nodding heads abob here and there with painfully leaping figures.
His captor, a round-faced man with a scar twisting his lower lip, rattled off some sort of challenge, punctuating it by poking Alec in the chest with his finger.
After an extensive tussle, punctuated by whoops, giggles and female screams, the predictable result was obtained with Avis straddling his face, Eris his hips.
Then there was being half squoze to a pulp, and then three-quarters drownded, and then nine-tenths bludged to death, and then having his hoof punctuated.
Moyer said, the words punctuated by a mischievous smile as she followed Desai onto the court, closing the access door behind her.
All around Lin the duckers and divers of Aspic filled the streets on their way to scrape for money, stealing or begging or selling or sifting through the piles of rubbish which punctuated the street.
Lin the duckers and divers of Aspic filled the streets on their way to scrape for money, stealing or begging or selling or sifting through the piles of rubbish which punctuated the street.
A little of the tension in the room had eased and there was a more normal buzz of conversation, albeit punctuated by the occasional hollers and bellows from Eggy and Eight-Man.
Ray began to snore, a sputtering exsufflation punctuated by quiet, as if someone were holding his nose shut at intervals.
Aunt Louise kept up a constant snuffling laughter, punctuated momently by faint whoops.
They were artfully laid out to imitate nature, punctuated here and there with shallow pools on whose mirror-still surface lay nenuphars pink, blue and yellow.
While we look in horror at a badly punctuated sign, the world carries on around us, blind to our plight.
Since leaving the city those nightmare situations had been punctuated by brief moments of success and real achievement such as finding the house yesterday and realising its full potential this morning.
With more rapidity, the darkness was punctuated with movement in the air and odd sounds.
In the distance, they could hear what had caused him to halt the party: a deep growl, punctuated by barking, and counterpointed by other, less familiar growling.