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Webster 1913 Edition

Accentuate

Ac-cen′tu-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Accentuated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Accentuating
.]
[LL.
accentuatus
, p. p. of
accentuare
, fr. L.
accentus
: cf. F.
accentuer
.]
1.
To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
2.
To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more
accentuated
.
London Times.
3.
To mark with the written accent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Accentuate

ACCENT'UATE

,
Verb.
T.
To mark or pronounce with an accent or with accents.

Definition 2024

accentuate

accentuate

English

Verb

accentuate ‎(third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)

  1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
  2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
    • In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. - London Times
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
      These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.
  3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

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Italian

Adjective

accentuate f pl

  1. feminine plural of accentuato

Verb

accentuate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of accentuare
  2. second-person plural imperative of accentuare
  3. feminine plural of accentuato

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