A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or (in some languages) placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation; SYN. accent mark.
A mark (´, ˆ) used to indicate stress on a particular syllable or a difference in the pronunciation of a vowel. English does not use accents, except in some words of foreign origin such as “cliché”, “café”,“fête”.
In addition to the acute accent, grave accent, and circumflex, there are a number of diacritical marks (marks placed above letters) used in other languages, such as the hácek used in Slavonic languages and the macron used to indicate a long vowel in transcriptions of, for example, Sanskrit and Japanese.Way of speaking that identifies a person with a particular country, region, language, social class, or some mixture of these.
Accent refers to features of pronunciation; variations from standard grammar and vocabulary are dialects. People often describe only those who belong to groups other than their own as having accents and may give them special names; for example, an Irish brogue, a Southern accent.

(Homonym: can't).
1. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); SYN. jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular.
2. Insincere talk about religion or morals; SYN. pious platitude.

1. Of or pertaining to accent or stress.
2. (Of verse) Having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity

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.

1. Of or pertaining to accent or stress.
2. (Of verse) Having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity

ETYM Late Lat. accentuatio: cf. French accentuation.
1.The use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
2. Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically (Eccles. Mus.), pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent