v. [f. L. annotāt- ppl. stem of annotā-re or adnotāre to put a note to; f. ad to + notā-re to mark, f. nota a mark: see NOTE. An early by-form was ANNOTE] (Not in Johnson’s Dict. but used in explaining Comment.)
1. trans. To add notes to, furnish with notes (a literary work or author).
1755. Johnson, Comment, to annotate; to write notes; to expound.
1801. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XII. 576/2. This translation is executed with an exactness, and annotated with an erudition, which will give to it, even in Germany, a value superior to the original.
1836. Southey, Lett., IV. 462. His engagement to annotate ‘Milton.’
1859. Masson, Milton, I. 531. A copy of Aratus … which is annotated here and there by his hand.
2. intr. To add or make notes. Const. on, upon.
1733. Mrs. Jane Ilive, Orat., 26. Give me leave to annotate on the Words thus; [etc.].
1803. Southey, in Robberds’ Mem. W. Taylor, I. 466. Examine what I and what Turner write … and annotate thereupon.
1882. Blackw. Mag., Jan., 108/2. It was Coleridge’s habit to annotate with a pencil—only very occasionally he has recourse to a pen.
