accentuate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: accentuate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for accentuate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accentuate v to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" Synonym(s): stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" Synonym(s): stress, accent, accentuate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accentuate \Accen"tuate\, 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.