Accentuated
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 accentuated.
how to add ten years to your life and to double its satisfactions s. s. curry
this feeling had been accentuated by the ishmaelite life he had led from his puppyhood.
white fang jack london
my own share of the general unpleasantness was accentuated by a finely developed bout of sciatica.
south! sir ernest shackleton
his air of weary indifference was accentuated, i could not help thinking, wilfully.
under western eyes joseph conrad
this effect has no doubt been accentuated in the subsequent photographic processes.
photographs of nebul and cl-sters james edward keeler
probably it is natural; probably it is accentuated by your residence in feverish cities.
my new curate p.a. sheehan
“i can help you,” she said, and a flush rushed into her cheeks, which at once relieved and accentuated their pallor.
bruce of the circle a harold t-tus
those features are accentuated and exaggerated by the deformations which are practiced.
folkways william graham sumner
at bottom it is nothing else than an accentuated masculinity.
mile verhaeren stefan zweig
verb
(transitive) to stress or emphasize
v.
1731, from medieval latin accentuatus, past participle of accentuare “to accent,” from latin accentus (see accent (n.)). originally “to pr-nounce with an accent;” meaning “emphasize” is recorded from 1865.
you’ve got to accentuate the positive
eliminate the negative
latch on to the affirmative
don’t mess with mister in-between
[“ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,” 1944, music by harold arlen, lyrics by johnny mercer]
related: accentuated; accentuating.
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electronics. a circuit or network inserted to provide less loss or greater gain to certain frequencies in an audio spectrum, as a preemphasis spectrum. a person or thing that . accentuator ac·cen·tu·a·tor (āk-sěn’chōō-ā’tər) n. a substance, such as aniline, that allows an otherwise impossible combination between a histologic element and a stain.
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to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal. to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology. to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation. to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the […]
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capable or worthy of being . pleasing to the receiver; satisfactory; agreeable; welcome. meeting only minimum requirements; barely adequate: an acceptable performance. capable of being endured; tolerable; bearable: acceptable levels of radiation. contemporary examples and then we want to install a government which has credibility, which has acceptability to the people of afghanistan. musharraf on […]