Meaning of ACCENTUATE
| Pronunciation: | | ak'senchoo`eyt
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- [v] put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
- [v] to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet."
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| | Synonyms: | | accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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| | See Also: | | articulate, background, bear down, bring out, downplay, drive home, enounce, enunciate, evince, express, play down, point up, press home, pronounce, ram home, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, say, set off, show, sound out, underline, underscore | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac*cen"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accentuated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Accentuating}.] [LL. accentuatus, p. p. of
accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.]
1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was
even more accentuated. --London
Times.
3. To mark with the written accent.
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| | Related Terms: | | accent, belabor, dwell on, emphasize, give emphasis to, harp on, highlight, italicize, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overstress, place emphasis on, point up, punctuate, rub in, spotlight, star, stress, underline, underscore |
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