notate.
To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
Meaning & usage
To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
To add notes to; to annotate
To create notation (e.g. music or mathematics); to record/put down in the form of notation
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1871; back-formation from notation or from Latin notātus, perfect passive participle of notō; either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, note + -ate.
Marked with coloured spots or lines.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1857; borrowed from Latin notātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
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