1. To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
2. To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
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 (chiefly British) spelling of emphasize.
(Alternate spelling: emphasise).
To direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; SYN. stress, bring out, accentuate, set off, accent.