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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accentuation \Ac*cen`tu*a"tion\, n. [LL. accentuatio: cf F. accentuation.] Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically (Eccles. Mus.), pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accentuation n : the relative prominence of a syllable (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: {stress}, {emphasis}, {accent}]
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