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1. Single out as important; draw attention to (something)
   "Dr. Jones accentuates exercise in addition to a change in diet";
   - stress, emphasize, emphasise [Brit], punctuate, accent
    
2. Put stress on; utter with an accent
   "In Farsi, you accentuate the last syllable of each word";
   - stress, accent

Derived forms: accentuated, accentuating, accentuates

Type of: articulate, enounce, enunciate, evince [formal], express, pronounce, say, show, sound out