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The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.

The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.

and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.

The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word.

A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. And there a point, for ended is my tale. Chaucer. Commas and p…

The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.

Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation. The punctuative intonation of feeble cadence. Rush.

The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.

oks into lines accommodated to the sense, - - a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.

rinting intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.