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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emphatic \Em*phat"ic\, Emphatical \Em*phat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf F. emphatique See {Emphasis}.] 1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning. 2. Striking the sense attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. ``Emphatical colors.'' --Boyle. ``Emphatical evils.'' --Bp. Reynolds. Syn: Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emphatic adj 1: spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word" [syn: {emphasized}] 2: sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" [syn: {exclamatory}] 3: forceful and definite in expression or action "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty" [syn: {forceful}]
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