Accentuated

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Strongly marked; strong; prominent; very distinct: as, accentuated features; an accentuated fault of manner.
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  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of accentuate.
  • Word Usage
    "Jane was proclaimed by John Rose Mackrell (to his dying day the poor gentleman tried vainly to get the second syllable of his name accentuated) a young woman who would outlive twice over the husband she had."