While I usually have a good instinct when it comes to definitions, there are times when I doubt myself when prompted for exact definitions. In cases such as these, I will have a constant, background sensation akin to the "did I leave a candle burning in my apartment when I left this morning" feeling until I have accessed a reliably and suitably authoritative dictionary by which to reacquire my verbal equilibrium. The most recent case of this obsessive delving was for the verb "to gloss" (no, not in the sense of putting a shine on one's lips).
From the OED:
to gloss: to insert glosses or comments on; to comment upon, explain, interpret
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