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commentate, v.|ˈkɒmənteɪt|
[A modern formation, app. f. commentat-or.]
1. trans. = comment v. 2. rare.
1794Mathias Purs. Lit. i. 222 Shakspeare..Almost eat up by commentating zeal. 1818Todd, Commentate, to annotate, to write notes upon [citing Mathias]. 1864Spectator 31 Dec. 1500 Refined prelates of the Medicean type—the men who commentated not Fathers, but only poets. 1883Athenæum 9 June 725/1 Men who..cannot speak a word of the languages they criticize and commentate.
2. intr. = comment v. 3–5. rare.
1828Scott Jrnl. 3 Feb. (1941) 183, I corrected proofs and commentated. 1859Sat. Rev. VIII. 98/1 The Commentator..had been taken in by one as competent..to commentate as himself. 1861Vacation Tour 123 The deer, indeed, rather like the sheep..and a flock scampering about three or four miles off is instantly seen and commentated on by them.
3. To deliver an oral commentary, esp. upon politics or sport; to act as a commentator (see commentator 2 b, c). Freq. const. on.
1951H. Nicolson Diary 26 Oct. (1968) 211 [I have] given three commentaries... William Clark and McKenzie also commentate. Labour leads during the night. 1977H. Douglas-Home Birdman (1978) iii. 44, I lifted her gently to show the eggs to the children, commentating all the time. 1979Washington Post 27 May d4 A former college gymnastics coach who now commentates on the sport for ABC-TV. 1984Times 23 July 8/2 James Burke..commentated on the original moon landing.
Hence ˈcommentating vbl. n. and ppl. a. (a) In senses 1 and 2. (b) The description of events in progress; the action or work of a commentator (see commentator) .
1794[see above]. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 547 The commentating printer. 1889J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 89 The Byzantine commentating. 1939Radio Daily 13 June 7 Elliott Roosevelt..resigned recently to devote full attention to the Texas State Network and commentating. a1953N.Y. Herald Tribune in Word Study (1953) Feb. 4/1 Mrs. Emlen Etting will do fashion commentating. 1956C. W. Mills Power Elite iv. 76 The professional celebrities..champions of sport, art, journalism, and commentating. |