From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accentuate \Ac*cen"tu*ate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. --London Times.
3. To mark with the written accent.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: {stress}, {emphasize}, {emphasise}, {punctuate}, {accent}]
2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: {stress}, {accent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "accentuate": accent, belabor, dwell on, emphasize, give emphasis to, harp on, highlight, italicize, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overstress, place emphasis on, point up, punctuate, rub in, spotlight, star, stress, underline, underscore
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