Verb: accentuate ak'sen-choo,eyt
- 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
- Put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accentuate the last syllable of each word";
- stress, accent
Derived forms: accentuated, accentuates, accentuating
Type of: articulate, enounce [archaic], enunciate, evince [formal], express, pronounce, say, show, sound out