Definition of "accentuate"

accentuate

/əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated
1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
  Quotations
  our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility
  1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds/Book 2/Chapter 3
  These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.
  1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎
  Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.
  1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159
3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.