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accentuation

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ac⋅cen⋅tu⋅a⋅tion

  [ak-sen-choo-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of accentuating.
2. something that is accentuated.
Origin:
1820–30; < ML accentuātiōn- (s. of accentuātiō) intoning. See accentuate, -ion
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ac·cen·tu·ate   (āk-sěn'chōō-āt')   
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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