Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Commentate \Com"men*tate\, v. t. & i. [L. commentatus, p. p. of commentari to meditate.] To write comments or notes upon; to make comments. [R.]
Commentate upon it, and return it enriched.
--Lamb.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1794, "to comment," back-formation from commentator. Meaning "to deliver commentary" is attested from 1939 (implied in commentating). Related: Commentated; commentating.
Wiktionary
vb. To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.
WordNet
v. make a commentary on
serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
Usage examples of "commentate".
All the leading journals published extracts from it, which were commentated, discussed, attacked, and supported with equal animation by those who believed in its episodes, and by those who were utterly incredulous.
The media stayed on, huddling under umbrellas and in vans, commentating on the evening’s events.
The media stayed on, huddling under umbrellas and in vans, commentating on the evening's events.
But what I thought you’d like to know is that he said that as it was such an important race he personally would be commentating the finish today, and that he personally would interview the winning jockey afterward.