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accentuate(dictionary)

accentuate (iou)



accentuate verb trans. M18.
[from medieval Latin accentuat- pa. ppl stem of accentuare, formed as ACCENTUAL: see -ATE3. Cf. French accentuer.]
= ACCENT verb 1 (the commoner term). M18.
= ACCENT verb 2. rare. M19.
fig. Mark emphatically; heighten; make conspicuous. M19.