punctuate
verb
[ ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪt ]
• insert punctuation marks in (text).
• "they should be shown how to set out and punctuate direct speech"
• occur at intervals throughout (an area or period).
• "the country's history has been punctuated by coups"
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘point out’): from medieval Latin punctuat- ‘brought to a point’, from the verb punctuare, from punctum ‘a point’.
