ac·cen·tu·ate 
(ăk-sĕnch-āt′)
(ăk-sĕnch-āt′)tr.v. ac·cen·tu·at·ed, ac·cen·tu·at·ing, ac·cen·tu·ates
1. To stress or emphasize; intensify: "land-reform plans that accentuated the already chaotic pattern of landholding" (James Fallows).
2. To pronounce with a stress or accent.
3. To mark with an accent.
[Medieval Latin accentuāre, accentuāt-, from Latin accentus, accent; see ACCENT.]
ac·cen′tu·ation n.