n. [ Gr. 'ana` up + ista`nai to make to stand. ] (Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annotating. ] [ L. annotatus; p. p. of annotare to annotate; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note, n. ] To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]