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verb (accentuat, ing)
  1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
  2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
    • In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. - London Times
      1. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.
Translations:
  • Dutch: beklemtonen
  • German: hervorheben
    (trans-mid)
  • Italian: accentuare
    (trans-mid)
  • French: accentuer
Etymology: From medieval accentuatus, past participle of accentuare, from accentus.

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