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Verb: punctuate  'púngktyû`eyt
  1. Insert punctuation marks into
    - mark
     
  2. To stress, single out as important
    - stress, emphasize, emphasise [Brit], accent, accentuate
     
  3. Interrupt periodically
    "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

Derived forms: punctuating, punctuated, punctuates

See also: punctuation

Type of: add, break up, cut off, disrupt, evince, express, interrupt, show

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