to accent
verb/ɐsẽˈtwaɾ/high
a·cen·tu·ar
Definitions
1To mark a word with a written accent.
You need to accent the word correctly.
Some languages use diacritics to accent vowels.
syn
Common collocations
to accent a syllable
2To make more noticeable, intense, or prominent; to emphasize.
The lighting accentuated the contours of her face.
The problem was accentuated by the lack of funding.
Common collocations
to accentuate the positiveto accentuate a feature
Etymology
Do latim 'accentuare'.