资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Notate \No"tate\, a. [L. notatus marked, p. p. of notare to
   mark. See 5th {Note}.] (Bot.)
   Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.
   --Henslow.

资料来源 : WordNet®

notate
     v : put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays,
         you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the
         steps had to be memorized"