"accented" in the verb sense

1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate

to stress, single out as important

"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

2. stress, accent, accentuate

put stress on utter with an accent

"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

"accented" in the adjective sense

1. tonic, accented

used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch

"a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word"

2. stressed, accented

bearing a stress or accent

"an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"

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