Associations to the word «Accentuate»

Wiktionary

ACCENTUATE, verb. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

ACCENTUATE, verb. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.

ACCENTUATE, verb. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

ACCENTUATE, verb. To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet".

ACCENTUATE, verb. Put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word".

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.

Dan Quayle