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punctation|pʌŋkˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. type *punctātiōn-em, n. of action from med.L. punctāre (It. puntare) to point.]
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†a. = punctuation 3, 3 b. Obs.
1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. x. 536 Let the Reader be carefull of reading these..words..with due punctation of them. 1748J. Mason Elocut. 26 There is..so much Irregularity introduced, into the modern Method of Punctation, that it is become a very imperfect Rule to direct a just Pronunciation.
†b. Heb. Gram. The insertion of the vowel-points and accents; = pointing vbl. n. 2 b. Obs.
1642Cudworth Lord's Supper 38 In the Hebrew the words..according to a severall Punctation..may be expounded severall ways. 1693J. Edwards Author. O. & N. Test. 225 The true punctation of the proper Name.
2. Nat. Hist., etc. The action of marking or fact of being marked with points or dots; the condition of being punctate; also concr. one of such dots, a series of such dots.
1852Dana Crust. i. 154 Two minute punctations. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 482 The woody fibres do not exhibit punctations. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 242 It lacks the punctations of the rash of scarlet fever.
‖3. [repr. Ger. punktation.] A laying down of points; a stipulation; a contract or agreement.
1864A. Edersheim tr. Kurtz's Ch. Hist. iii. 221 The Electors of Mayence, Triers, and Cologne, together with the Archbishop of Salzburg..assembled together in a spiritual congress at Ems (1786), and resolved upon the restoration of a German Roman Catholic National Church, independent of Rome, in the so-called Emser Punctation. 1890Q. Rev. Oct. 332 The ‘punctation of Olmutz’ as it was called was signed 29 Nov. 1850. |