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distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.

A word; a significant tone

expressions in general; speech.

Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.

A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.

A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.

To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.

A word; a significant tone

expressions in general; speech.

Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.

A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.

A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.

To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

One of the FLAVORING AGENTS used to impart a meat-like flavor. Medically it has been used to reduce blood ammonia levels in ammoniacal azotemia, therapy of hepatic coma, in psychosis, and mental retardation.

The stress laid by the voice upon a particular syllable of a word; a mark or character used in writing and printing to show the proper pronunciation of a word; a peculiarity of utterance characterizing the language of a certain part of a country or the speech of foreigners; musical emphasis.

To express the emphatic syllable in (a word) by stress or modulation of the voice; mark a stressed syllable by a sign; emphasize, as a passage of music.

Modulation of the voice: stress on a syllable or word: a mark used to direct this stress: in poetry, language, words, or expressions in general.

To express or note the accent.

Modulation or stress of voice; mark denoting these.

To express or mark accent.

To speak, write, or print with an accent; emphasize.

A stress of voice on a syllable of a word, or a mark used to indicate such stress known as primary (') and secondary (").

A particular stress of voice upon a syllable or word; a mark used in writing to direct the stress of the voice in pronunciation; a modulation of the voice expressive of certain passions or sentiments; words, language, or expressions in general.

To express or note the accent; to utter.

Inflection or modification of the voice, which consists in raising or dropping it on certain syllables. The accent exhibits various alterations in disease.

n. [Latin] A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word, distinguishing it from the others ;—a mark used in. writing to regulate the pronunciation ; word, language, or expressions in general ;—a mark place at the right hand of a letter or number to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind, but differing in value.

The manner of speaking or pronouncing; the marks made upon syllables to regulate their pronunciation; a modification of the voice, expressive of the passions or sentiments.