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Verb: punctuate  'púngk-tyû,eyt
  1. Insert punctuation marks into
    - mark
     
  2. Single out as important; draw attention to (something)
    - stress, emphasize, emphasise [Brit], accent, accentuate
     
  3. Interrupt periodically
    "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

Derived forms: punctuating, punctuated, punctuates

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