Accentuation

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

  Accentuation \Ac*cen`tu*a"tion\, n. [LL. accentuatio: cf. F.
     accentuation.]
     Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically
     (Eccles. Mus.), pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting
     portions of the liturgy.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accentuation
       n 1: the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence
            of syllables in a phrase or utterance
       2: the act of giving special importance or significance to
          something [syn: {emphasizing}, {accenting}]