Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Punctuate
Punc′tu·ate (pŭn̲k′tū·āt; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punctuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Punctuating.] [Cf. F. ponctuer. See Punctual.] To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.