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emphatic, a.|ɛmˈfætɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἐµϕατικ-ός (var. of ἐµϕαντικός), f. ἐµϕα(ν-: see emphasis.]
Characterized by, or imparting, emphasis.
A.
1. a. Of language, modes of statement or representation; also of tones, gesture, etc.: Forcibly expressive.
1708Kersey, Emphatick, utter'd with a grace, significant, forcible. 1712Addison Spect. No. 363 ⁋4 The intercession of the Messiah is conceived in very Emphatic sentiments and Expressions. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) I. iii. 249 An emphatic emblem. 1836J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. viii. (1852) 227 The emphatic representation of Scripture.
b. Of a word or syllable: That bears the stress in pronunciation. † Also (rarely) as quasi-n. in pl. = ‘emphatic syllables’.
1815J. Grant in Month. Mag. XXXIX. 118 The same care..the moderns devote to that of their emphatics and unemphatics. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. (1847) I. 29 The accented or..emphatic syllables.
c. Gram. emphatic particle: one used to impart emphasis to the portion of the sentence in which it occurs. emphatic state: an inflexion of the n. in Aramaic, having a function somewhat resembling that of the definite article.
2. Of persons: That expresses himself with emphasis of voice, gesture, or language.
1760R. Lloyd Actor Wks. (1774) I. 16 None emphatic can that actor call, Who lays an equal emphasis on all. 1781Cowper Conversation 269 The emphatic speaker dearly loves to oppose, In contact inconvenient, nose to nose. 1837Dickens Pickw. (1847) 272/1 The business..was commenced by a little emphatic man. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt (1868) 29 Mr. Lingon was equally emphatic.
3. Of actions or their effects: Strongly marked, forcible, ‘telling’.
1846Prescott Ferd. & Is. I. xi. 449 Still more emphatic honours were conferred on the Count de Cabra. 1872Morley Voltaire (1886) 2 One of the emphatic manifestations of some portion of the minds of men. 1873Burton Hist. Scot. VI. lxx. 199 They threatened to show their opinion in emphatic shape.
B. n. (esp. as pl.). A letter, linguistic form, part of speech, phrase, or syllable that is expressive or indicative of emphasis; joc., an expletive.
1837G. Phillips Elem. Syriac Gram. 24 To the absolute and constructive state of nouns,..the Syrians add a third, the Definite, or as it has been more generally called, the Emphatic. 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. III. 221 He declared in the most emphatic manner, that it was a..duty to oppose the..Turks. 1847Grote Greece (1862) III. xxxix. 405 An emphatic passage of..æschylus. 1873Gilbert More ‘Bab’ Ballads 52, I have known him indulge in profane, ungentlemanly emphatics. 1905Daily Chron. 23 Oct. 3/4 His emphatics, his luxuriant indulgence in the use of the ‘and’. 1938Indogerman. Forsch. Dec. 247 Adverbs include..emphatics denoting emphasis or restriction, e.g. indeed, also, only. 1970Language XLVI. 374 There remain still to be considered the instances of pronominalization in simplex sentences—reflexives, emphatics, and topicalized sentences. |