Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Punctuate \Punc"tu*ate\, 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.