To provide with glosses; to write explanatory notes or annotations for a text.
From Latin glossa plus the -ate suffix, creating a verb meaning 'to apply glosses to' or 'to annotate,' with roots in Greek glōssa.
When a medieval scholar would glossate a biblical text, they weren't changing it—they were surrounding it with layers of explanation, building understanding without rewriting.
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