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accentuate
1. To make a feature of something more noticeable: "We were convinced that the newspaper article accentuated, or emphasized, the positive aspects of the program."
2. To emphasize a syllable, word, or phrase when saying it: "When she spoke, she tended to accentuate her words with French pronunciations."
3. Etymology: known from 1731, from Medieval Latin (written and spoken from 700 to 1500) accentuatus, past participle of accentuare, "to accent", from Latin accentus, "song added to speech"; from ad-, "to" + cantus, "a singing"; past participle of canere, "to sing".
2. To emphasize a syllable, word, or phrase when saying it: "When she spoke, she tended to accentuate her words with French pronunciations."
3. Etymology: known from 1731, from Medieval Latin (written and spoken from 700 to 1500) accentuatus, past participle of accentuare, "to accent", from Latin accentus, "song added to speech"; from ad-, "to" + cantus, "a singing"; past participle of canere, "to sing".