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Accentuation

noun

The use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance.

The act of giving special importance or significance to something. Synonyms: accenting, emphasizing.

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"Accentuation" Quotes from Famous Books

... are their chief possession; but, even if we disregard them, the ground already shakes beneath our feet with physical menace of destruction from within, against which the only security is in constant readiness to contend. In the rivalries of nations, in the accentuation of differences, in the conflict of ambitions, lies the preservation of the martial spirit, which alone is capable of coping finally with the destructive forces that from outside and from within threaten to submerge all the centuries ...

— The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future • A. T. Mahan

... Dieu!" cries Seguin, in his native tongue, and with an accentuation that expresses his ...

— The Scalp Hunters • Mayne Reid

... accentuation of the last four words, which can only mean that, but for the American supply of arms, the Allies, from lack of ammunition, would speedily be defeated, i. e. America is to co-operate in preserving for that country which has most ...

— Right Above Race • Otto Hermann Kahn

... which need not be here enumerated, can be mastered only by long practice. Serious as they are, they need not frighten any one who is in the habit of learning foreign tongues. The ear and the tongue gradually become familiar with the peculiarities of inflection and accentuation, and practice fulfils the same ...

— Russia • Donald Mackenzie Wallace

... greatest difficulty in acquiring their language. Accustomed to the harsh dialect of the North, my voice was almost intractable in obtaining their melodious accentuation. It was, therefore, many months before I mastered the difficulty sufficiently to converse without embarrassment, or to make myself clearly understood. The construction of their language was simple and easily understood, and in a short time I was able to ...

— Mizora: A Prophecy - A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch • Mary E. Bradley

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