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<hw>Com"ment</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commenting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>commenter</ets>, L. <ets>commentary</ets> to meditate upon, explain, v. intens, of <ets>comminisci</ets>, <ets>commentus</ets>, to reflect upon, invent; <ets>com-</ets> + the root of <ets>meminisse</ets> to remember, <ets>mens</ets> mind. See <er>Mind</er>.]</ety> <def>To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>.</def>

<blockquote>A physician to <b>comment</b> on your malady. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Critics . . . proceed to <b>comment</b> on him. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I must translate and <b>comment</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Com"ment</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To comment on.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

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<hw>Com"ment</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>comment</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.</def>

<blockquote>Their lavish <b>comment</b> when her name was named. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.</def>

<blockquote>All the volumes of philosophy, With all their <b>comments</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commentary</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"men*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Commentaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>commentarius</ets>, <ets>commentarium</ets>, note book, commentary: cf. F. <ets>commentaire</ets>. See <er>Comment</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.</def>

<blockquote>This letter . . . was published by him with a severe <b>commentary</b>. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; <as>as, Caesar's <ex>Commentaries</ex> on the Gallic War</as>.</def>

<h1>Commentate</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"men*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commentatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>commentari</ets> to meditate.]</ety> <def>To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Commentate</b> upon it, and return it enriched. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Com`men*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The spirit of <b>commentation</b>. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The result of the labors of a commentator.</def>

<h1>Commentator</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"men*ta`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commentator</ets>: cf. F. <ets>commentateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>commentator's</b> professed object is to explain, to enforce, to illustrate doctrines claimed as true. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commentatorial</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com`men*ta*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the making of commentaries.</def>