The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comment \Com"ment\, v. t.
   To comment on. [Archaic.] --Fuller.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comment \Com"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. comment.]
   1. A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse;
      talk.
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            Their lavish comment when her name was named.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   2. A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or
      criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.;
      explanation; annotation; exposition.
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            All the volumes of philosophy,
            With all their comments.              --Prior.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comment \Com"ment\ (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commented; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Commenting.] [F. commenter, L. commentari to
   meditate upon, explain, v. intens. of comminisci, commentus,
   to reflect upon, invent; com- + the root of meminisse to
   remember, mens mind. See Mind.]
   To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to
   write notes on the works of an author, with a view to
   illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to
   write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon.
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         A physician to comment on your malady.   --Shak.
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         Critics . . . proceed to comment on him. --Dryden.
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         I must translate and comment.            --Pope.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

119 Moby Thesaurus words for "comment":
   Parthian shot, accents, address, affirmation, allegation,
   allude to, analysis, animadversion, animadvert, annotate,
   annotation, answer, apostrophe, apparatus criticus, approval,
   assertion, averment, blurt, blurt out, book review,
   call attention to, censure, chatter, clarification, commentary,
   commentate, commentation, construe, conversation, crack,
   critical bibliography, critical journal, critical notice,
   critical review, criticism, critique, declaration, dictum,
   discourse, discuss, editorial, elocution, elucidate, elucidation,
   exclaim, exclamation, exegesis, expansion, explain, explanation,
   explicate, expose, exposition, expound, expression, footnote, gab,
   gloss, greeting, interject, interjection, language, leader,
   leading article, let drop, let fall, literary criticism,
   make reference to, mention, muse, notation, note,
   note of explanation, notice, obiter dictum, observation, observe,
   opine, opinion, oral communication, palaver, parole, phrase,
   position, prattle, pronouncement, question, rapping, reaction,
   refer to, reference, reflect, reflection, remark, report, reveal,
   review, running commentary, say, saying, scholium, sentence, speak,
   speaking, speech, statement, subjoinder, talk, talk about, talking,
   thought, utterance, view, word, word of explanation, words,
   write-up, yakkety-yak, yakking