1. The act of giving special importance or significance to something
   - emphasizing, accentuation, emphasising [Brit]

1. To stress, single out as important
   - stress, emphasize, emphasise [Brit], punctuate, accentuate 
2. Put stress on; utter with an accent
   "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
   - stress, accentuate

Type of: action, articulate, enounce, enunciate, evince, express, pronounce, say, show, sound out

Encyclopedia: Accent

• ladder-back
• ladder-back chair
• ladder-proof
• laddie
• laddish
• lade
• laden
• ladened
• ladette
• ladies' man
• ladies' room
• ladies' slipper
• ladies' tobacco
• ladies' tresses
• ladies'-eardrop
• ladies'-eardrops
• Ladin
• lading
• ladino
• ladle
• ladleful
• Ladoga
• ladrone
• Ladrone Islands
• lady