accentuate

The definition of accentuate means to focus on something or make something stand out.

(verb)

An example of accentuate is to put a word or phrase in all capital letters.

See accentuate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: < ML accentuatus, pp. of accentuare < L accentus, accent

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See accentuate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ac·cen·tu·at·ed, ac·cen·tu·at·ing, ac·cen·tu·ates

To stress or emphasize; intensify: “enacted sweeping land-reform plans that accentuated the already chaotic pattern of landholding” (James Fallows).
To pronounce with a stress or accent.
To mark with an accent.

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Origin: Medieval Latin accentuāre, accentuāt-

Origin: , from Latin accentus, accent; see accent

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