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Punctuate   /pˈəŋktʃuˌeɪt/   Listen
Punctuate

verb
(past & past part. punctuated; pres. part. punctuating)
1.
Insert punctuation marks into.  Synonym: mark.
2.
To stress, single out as important.  Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, stress.
3.
Interrupt periodically.






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"Punctuate" Quotes from Famous Books



... famous over half the countryside. Thus you will increase by at least one Baedekerian star-power the luster of the next Grand Hotel Royal de l'Univers which may receive you. And be sure to alternate pedestrianism with motoring, and the "peanut" gallery with the stage-box. Omit not to punctuate with stag vacations long periods of domestic felicity. When Solomon declared that all was vanity and vexation of spirit I suspect that he had been more than unusually intemperate in frequenting ...
— The Joyful Heart • Robert Haven Schauffler

... moment before Danglar spoke; and then his hand, clenched until the white of the knuckles showed, pounded upon the table to punctuate his words. ...
— The White Moll • Frank L. Packard



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