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Verb: accentuate  ak'senchoo`eyt
  1. To stress, single out as important
    - stress, emphasize, emphasise [Brit], punctuate, accent
     
  2. Put stress on; utter with an accent
    - stress, accent

Derived forms: accentuated, accentuating, accentuates

See also: accent, accentuation

Type of: articulate, enounce, enunciate, evince, express, pronounce, say, show, sound out

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