"stressing" 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"
3. try, strain, stress
test the limits of
"You are trying my patience!"
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