annotate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
    footnote.
    • The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
  2. verb provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
    comment; gloss.
    • He annotated on what his teacher had written

WordNet

An"no*tate transitive verb
Etymology
L. annotatus; p. p. of annotare to annotate; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Annotated; present participle & verbal noun Annotating
Definitions
  1. To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
An"no*tate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.

Webster 1913