Definition of accentuate

Overview of verb accentuate

The verb accentuate has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate

(to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet")

2. stress, accent, accentuate

(put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word")