POSTILLATE

Etymology

Verb

postillate (third-person singular simple present postillates, present participle postillating, simple past and past participle postillated)

To write postils; to comment.

• C. Knight

To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.

Source: Wiktionary


Pos"til*late, v. t. Etym: [LL. postillatus, p. p. of postillare.]

Definition: To explain by marginal notes; to postil. Tracts . . . postillated by his own hand. C. Knight.

Pos"til*late, v. i.

1. To write postils; to comment.

2. To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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