Accentor
any oscine bird of the family prunellidae, of europe and asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
historical examples
alpine warbler (accentor alpīnus), a european bird of the same genus as the hedge-sparrow.
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noun
any small sparrow-like songbird of the genus prunella, family prunellidae, which inhabit mainly mountainous regions of europe and asia see also hedge sparrow
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of or relating to or stress. prosody. of or relating to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quant-ties. contemporary examples sherwood forest, for instance, is a killing field of accentual integrity. stars who can’t do accents richard rushfield december 8, 2010 historical examples […]
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of or relating to or stress. prosody. of or relating to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quant-ties. adjective of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic (prosody) of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than […]
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to give emphasis or prominence to. to mark or pr-nounce with an . contemporary examples her pixie haircut, a few months post-chemo, accentuated her ski-slope nose and flirty smile. the stripper who lost a breast melissa lion august 20, 2009 historical examples each of the four actions of the muscles should be carefully distinguished and […]
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to give emphasis or prominence to. to mark or pr-nounce with an . historical examples i shall be able to cast a glance at my fifty volumes, tearing out the bad pages, accentuating the best ones. balzac frederick lawton now it rose, now it fell, accentuating the silence dense about it. the speaker, no. 5: […]
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an act or instance of . something that is . historical examples the unit of displacement becomes the whole period intervening between any two adjacent points of accentuation. harvard psychological studies, volume 1 various if there is little inflection and no accentuation the result is bad. the strand magazine various otherwise the original has been […]