accentuate

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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accentuate (ækˈsɛntʃʊˌeɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to stress or emphasize

accentu'ation

—n

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accentuate

1731, from M.L. accentuatus, pp. of accentuare "to accent," from L. accentus (see accent). Originally "to pronounce with an accent;" meaning "emphasize" is recorded from 1865.

Example sentences

Be concise, engaging and accentuate your strengths.

Regulators need to counterbalance the cycle, not accentuate it.

The use of precise perspective images to accentuate a project's finer points is

growing within the department.

He even thought about getting a divider for their room, but rejected the idea

because it would simply accentuate the confinement.

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