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verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
1.
to give emphasis or prominence to.
2.
to mark or pronounce with an accent.
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- You can accentuate each line with an eyebrow pencil and literally draw anger, fear or horror into your face.
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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.
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