Dictionary entry

Accentuate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ac‐cen″tu‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Accentuated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Accentuating.] [LL. accentuatus, p. p. of accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.] 1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated.

London Times.

3. To mark with the written accent.