an·no·tate (ān'ō-tāt') v.
an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing, an·no·tates
v.
tr. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss. v.
intr. To gloss a text.
[Latin annotāre, annotāt-, to note down : ad-, ad- + notāre, to write (from nota, note; see gnō- in Indo-European roots).] an'no·ta'tive adj., an'no·ta'tor n.
Main Entry: an·no·tate Pronunciation: 'a-n&-"tAt Function: verb Inflected Forms: -tat·ed; -tat·ing intransitive verb : to make or write an annotation transitive verb : to make or write annotations for —an·no·ta·tor/-"tA-t&r/noun