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accentuation|ækˌsɛntjuːˈeɪʃən|
[ad. med.L. accentuātiōn-em intoning, chanting, n. of action f. accentuare: see accentuate.]
1. The marking of accent or stress in speech; the use or application of accent.
1827Hare Guesses at Truth II. 208 The Latin..has substituted a stately monotonousness for the ever flexible rhythm and changing accentuation of the Greek. 1859De Quincey Wks. XII. 189 The accentuation of Milton's age was, in many words, entirely different from ours. 1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Greece I. iii. 37 It has been recently placed beyond a doubt that the Sanscrit system of accentuation is identical with that of the Greek.
2. The notation of accents in writing.
1846T. Wright Ess. on Mid. Ages I. i. 10 In every [Anglo-Saxon] word we ought to know the accentuation. Mod. Two Greek words which differ only in accentuation.
3. Mode of pronunciation; vocal modulation.
1818Scott Rob Roy 347 There was a strong provincial accentuation, but, otherwise, the language..was graceful, flowing and declamatory. 1879A. Trollope Cousin Henry xiv. 161 Read them one after another..slowly, but with clear accentuation so that every point..might be understood.
4. fig. Emphasizing, laying stress or dwelling upon, bringing into prominence.
1875Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xxi. 501 The constant ‘accentuation,’ as it is called, of principles in historical writing, invariably marks a narrow view of truth. |