Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accentuate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accentuate \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
accentuate
v : to stress, single out as important: "Dr. Jones emphasizes
exercise in addition to a change in diet." [syn: {stress},
{emphasize}, {emphasise}, {punctuate}, {accent}]
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