Emphasizing
['emfəsaiziŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of giving special importance or significance to something.
Typist: Zamenhof--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emphasize
Typed by Leona
Examples
- Again, I listen to Miss Murdstone mumbling the responses, and emphasizing all the dread words with a cruel relish. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Let him never come a nigh me to ask me my forgiveness,' said the father, again emphasizing his words with the knife. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In emphasizing the important part which electricity plays in the business of a great metropolis, the home should not be forgotten. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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