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1. The act of giving special importance or significance to something
   - emphasizing, accentuation, emphasising [Brit]

1. Single out as important; draw attention to (something)
   - stress, emphasize, emphasise [Brit], punctuate, accentuate
    
2. Put stress on; utter with an accent
   "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word";
   - stress, accentuate

Type of: action, articulate, enounce, enunciate, evince [formal], express, pronounce, say, show, sound out

Encyclopedia: Accent