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accentuated

accentuated is the simple past and past participle of accentuate.

Meaning of accentuate

Verb

accentuate (third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)

  1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
  2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
    • our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds/Book 2/Chapter 3
  3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

Questions about accentuated

What is accentuated the simple past and past participle of?
Accentuated is the simple past and past participle of accentuate.

Words near accentuated in the dictionary

  1. accentual-syllabic
  2. accentual-syllabics
  3. accentuality
  4. accentually
  5. accentuate
  6. accentuated
  7. accentuates
  8. accentuating
  9. accentuation
  10. accentuations
  11. accentuator

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