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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accentuate \Ac*cen"tu*ate\, v. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
accentuate
v 1: to stress, single out as important: "Dr. Jones emphasizes
exercise in addition to a change in diet." [syn: {stress},
{emphasize}, {punctuate}, {accent}]
2: direct attention to as if by means of contrast; "This dress
accentuates your nice figure!" "I set off these words by
brackets" [syn: {emphasize}, {stress}, {bring out}, {set
off}, {accent}] [ant: {deemphasize}]
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