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accentuates

accentuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 accentuates

What is accentuates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Accentuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of accentuate.

Words near accentuates in the dictionary

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

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