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ac⋅cen⋅tu⋅ate

   [ak-sen-choo-eyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to give emphasis or prominence to.
2. to mark or pronounce with an accent.
Origin:
1725–35; < ML accentuātus intoned (ptp. of accentuāre). See accent, -ate 1
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ac·cen·tu·ate     (āk-sěn'chōō-āt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ac·cen·tu·at·ed, ac·cen·tu·at·ing, ac·cen·tu·ates
  1. To stress or emphasize; intensify: "enacted sweeping land-reform plans that accentuated the already chaotic pattern of landholding" (James Fallows).
  2. To pronounce with a stress or accent.
  3. To mark with an accent.

[Medieval Latin accentuāre, accentuāt-, from Latin accentus, accent; see accent.]
ac·cen'tu·a'tion n.
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