Accentuate
[ək'sentʃʊeɪt;-tjʊ-] or [ək'sɛntʃuet]
Definition
(v. t.) To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
(v. t.) To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
(v. t.) To mark with the written accent.
Edited by Jeanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Mark with accent, put the mark of accent upon.[2]. Accent, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent.
Typed by Garrett
Examples
- If the activity as manifested in its consequences is undesirable, to act upon principle is to accentuate its evil. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Well, it was wrong in the first place and such things accentuate disaster as a snowball rolls up wet snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- While growth continues, things bodily and mental are lopsided, for growth is never general, but is accentuated now at one spot, now at another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- At the same time, the idea of national sovereignty has never been as accentuated in politics as it is at the present time. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Against the ebony background of his skin they blazed out with a peculiarly accentuated effulgence. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The man was small and rather old, so that the brutality of the act was thus accentuated. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checker: Raymond