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Meaning of POSTILLATE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Pos"til*late\, v. t. [LL. postillatus, p. p. of
    postillare.]
    To explain by marginal notes; to postil.
    
          Tracts . . . postillated by his own hand. --C. Knight.
    
    
  2. \Pos"til*late\, v. i.
    1. To write postils; to comment.
    
    2. To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in
       regular order.
    
    
 

 

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