accentuate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- First attested in 1731.
- (emphasize): First attested in 1865.
- From Medieval Latin accentuātus, past participle of accentuāre, from Latin accentus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/, /ækˈsɛn.t͡ʃuˌeɪt/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]accentuate (third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)
- (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
- (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
- 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds/Book 2/Chapter 3:
- our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- 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.
- 1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159:
- Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.
- 1991, Macworld[2], volume 8, PC World Communications:
- Several digital effects are supported by Deck, ranging from a digital equalizer, which lets you accentuate or attenuate certain frequencies, to a stereoizer, which processes a mono- phonic recording to simulate stereo.
- 2004, Mark H Bernstein, Without A Tear, University of Illinois, published 2004, page 67:
- Eating meat does not conform to God's original intention, and resorting to carnivorism merely accentuates an unattractive part of human nature.
- 2022 November, Vaishnavi Maloth, “Popular Makeup Aesthetics to Follow”, in Tulip, volume 13, number 5, page 66:
- Soft girl makeup, as the name suggests is a pastel, sweet style that focuses on accentuating natural features with a signature element being blush and faux freckles.
- (transitive) To mark with a written accent.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to pronounce with an accent
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to bring out distinctly
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to mark with a written accent
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Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /at.t͡ʃen.tuˈa.te/, /at.t͡ʃenˈtwa.te/[1]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: ac‧cen‧tu‧à‧te, ac‧cen‧tuà‧te
Etymology 1
[edit]Participle
[edit]accentuate f pl
Adjective
[edit]accentuate f pl
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]accentuate
- inflection of accentuare:
References
[edit]- ^ accentuale in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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