commentate
(verb) serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated)
(intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.
Sometimes proscribed as an unnecessary or uneducated backformation, with comment and provide commentary preferred.
Source: Wiktionary
Com"men*tate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. commentatus, p. p. of commentari to meditate.]
Definition: To write comments or notes upon; to make comments. [R.] Commentate upon it, and return it enriched. Lamb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
