- 1
To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.transitive
- 2
To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.transitive
- our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility
- These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.
- 3
To mark with a written accent.transitive
syn. accent · betone