I was thinking today of words that have more than one meaning, one that's used most often and one perfectly good usage rarely heard, as in definition #2.punc·tu·ate (pngkch-t)
v. punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing, punc·tu·ates
v.tr.
1. To provide (a text) with punctuation marks.
2. To interrupt periodically: "lectures punctuated by questions and discussions" Gilbert Highet. "[There is] a great emptiness in America's West punctuated by Air Force bases" Alfred Kazin.
3. To stress or emphasize.
v.intr.
To use punctuation.
[Medieval Latin pncture, pnctut-, from Latin pnctum, point, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
punctu·ative adj.
punctu·ator n. www.thefreedictionary.com
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