1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
3. To mark with a written accent.

(Alternate spelling: emphasise).
To direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; SYN. stress, bring out, accentuate, set off, accent.

ETYM Written also highten.
1. To become more extreme; SYN. rise.
2. To increase the height of.
3. To make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity.

(Irregular preterit, past participle: highlighted).
1. To throw a strong light on.
2. To center attention on, to constitute a highlight of.
3. To mark (text) with a highlighter.
4. To cause (as text or an icon) to be displayed in a way that stands out on a computer screen.

ETYM See Stress (n.).
1. To put stress on; utter with an accent; SYN. accent.
2. To stress, single out as important; SYN. emphasize, punctuate, accent, accentuate.

1. To provide support for; to hold up; SYN. hold, hold up, shore up, underpin.
2. To support; of morale, theories, etc.; SYN. bolster, bolster up.
3. To support financially in an enterprise; SYN. see through.
4. To be supportive of; SYN. back up.
5. To play a subordinate role to (another performer).

1. To format a selection of text so that the text is printed with a line slightly below it.
2. To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.
3. To influence secretly.

To give extra weight to (a communication); SYN. underline, emphasize.