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Notate
//nəʊˈteɪt// adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Marked with coloured spots or lines. not-comparable
Verb
- 1 To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
- 2 put into notation, as of music or choreography wordnet
- 3 To add notes to; to annotate
- 4 To create notation (e.g. music or mathematics); to record/put down in the form of notation
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
First attested in 1857; borrowed from Latin notātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
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