different between punctulate vs punctuate

English

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?p??ktj?l?t/, /?p??kt??l?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?p??ktj?le?t/, /?p??kt??le?t/

Adjective

punctulate (comparative more punctulate, superlative most punctulate)

1. Marked with small spots or punctures.

Verb

punctulate (third-person singular simple present punctulates, present participle punctulating, simple past and past participle punctulated)

1. (transitive) To mark with small spots or punctures.
   • 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England

     The Studds have their Surface punctulated, as if set all over with other Studds infinitely lesser

Latin

Adjective

p?nctul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of p?nctul?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuare (“to mark with points”), from Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick, punch”); see point, and compare punch and punctate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??ktju?e?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): [?p??k?u?e?t]

Verb

punctuate (third-person singular simple present punctuates, present participle punctuating, simple past and past participle punctuated)

1. (transitive) To add punctuation to.

2. (transitive) To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
3. (transitive) To emphasize; to stress.

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Further reading

• punctuate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• punctuate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

p?nctu?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of p?nctu?