ACCENTUATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster When you accentuate something you put an “accent,” or emphasis, on it There’s no need to stress out if you don’t know the word’s history, though; its journey into the English language was very straightforward
accentuate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . accentuate something to emphasize something or make it easier to notice Her short hair accentuated her huge eyes The fundamental patterns of inequality have remained and have been accentuated by the war When talks did occur, they tended to accentuate differences between the two groups
accentuate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them
Accentuate - definition of accentuate by The Free Dictionary To stress or emphasize; intensify: "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