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accenting, vbl. n.|ækˈsɛntɪŋ|
[f. accent v. + -ing1.]
1. A pronouncing with accent or stress.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. v. xli. [It] perfects the sound and gives more sharp accenting. 1653Walton Angler 106 The ill pronunciation or ill accenting of a word in a Sermon spoiles it.
2. The marking of the written accent.
1661Boyle Style of H. Script. 129 The strange Mysteries they fancy in the strange Accenting of the Ten Commandments in the Original.
3. Uttering or pronouncing; intoning.
1552Huloet Abcedarium, Accenting or trew pronouncyng or readyng: Accentus. 1657T. May The Life of a Satyrical Puppy called Nim 41 O how he weigh'd each word to the very poyse of Accenting. |