accentuate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in 1731.
- (emphasize): First attested in 1865.
- From Medieval Latin accentuātus, past participle of accentuāre, from accentus.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP, US) IPA: /əkˈsen.tʃu.eɪt/, /æk.ˈsen.tʃu.ˌeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /@k"sEn.tSU.eIt/, /{k"sEn.tSU.eIt/
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Verb [edit]
accentuate (third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)
- (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
- (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
- In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. - London Times
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- 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.
- (transitive) To mark with a written accent.
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Translations [edit]
to pronounce with an accent
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to bring out distinctly
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to mark with a written accent
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- Interlingua: accentuar
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
accentuate f
- Feminine plural form of accentuato
Verb [edit]
accentuate
- second-person plural present indicative of accentuare
- second-person plural imperative of accentuare
- Feminine plural of accentuato
