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accentuate, v.|ækˈsɛntjuːeɪt|
[f. med.L. accentuā-re, -ātum, f. accentus: see accent, and -ate3. Cf. Fr. accentuer.]
1. To pronounce, or distinguish with an accent.
1731Bailey, Accentuate: to pronounce in reading or speaking according to the accent. 1827Hare Guesses at Truth II. 212 They [the French] never accentuate their words or their feelings: all is in the same key; a cap is charmant, so is Raphael's Transfiguration. 1880Paper & Printing Trades Journ. xxx. 7 You will find that he accentuates his words..quite naturally.
2. To mark with the written accent.
1846T. Wright Ess. on Mid. Ages I. i. 9 The [Anglo-Saxon] scribes not only omitted accents, but they often accentuated words wrongly.
3. fig. To mark strongly, emphasize.
1865Lecky Rationalism I. 371 To accentuate strongly the antagonism by which human nature is convulsed. 1875Hamerton Intellect. Life vii. v. 254 His marriage would strongly accentuate the amateur character of his position. |