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adj
Marked with coloured spots or lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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verb
To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To add notes to; to annotate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To create notation (e.g. music or mathematics); to record/put down in the form of notation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
put into notation, as of music or choreography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: write down, set down, get down, put down
History
First attested in 1857; borrowed from Latin notātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
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.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
