tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To stress or emphasize; intensify: “enacted sweeping 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.]

accentuation ac·cen'tu·a'tion n.

verb

To accord emphasis to: accent, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore. See important/unimportant.

v

Definition: focus attention on
Antonyms: divert attention from, mask

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: to stress, single out as important
  Synonyms: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent

Meaning #2: put stress on; utter with an accent
  Synonyms: stress, accent

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - accentuere, understrege, betone

Nederlands (Dutch)
accentueren, van leestekens voorzien

Français (French)
v. tr. - accentuer, faire ressortir, souligner, attirer l'attention sur

Deutsch (German)
v. - akzentuieren, betonen, herausheben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τονίζω, επιτείνω, δίνω έμφαση σε

Italiano (Italian)
accentuare, enfatizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acentuar, dar ênfase, salientar

Русский (Russian)
делать ударение, выделять, выделять другим шрифтом, ставить знаки ударения

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acentuar, recalcar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - betona, framhäva

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
强调, 以重音念, 重读

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 強調, 以重音念, 重讀

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 강조하다, 악센트(부호)를 붙이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - アクセントを置く, 強調する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشكل, يشدد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הדגיש‬

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