emphasize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emphasize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for emphasize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emphasize 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 give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words" Synonym(s): underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emphasize \Em"phasize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emphasized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emphasizing}.] To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize* a word or a phrase.