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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accentuate \Ac*cen"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accentuated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Accentuating}.] [LL. accentuatus, p. p. of
     accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.]
     1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
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     2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
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              In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was
              even more accentuated.                --London
                                                    Times.
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     3. To mark with the written accent.
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