" accents "

[Verb]  | "ac*cent" | \ ˈak-ˌsent \

1: to give special attention or prominence to (something) : to make (something) more emphatic, noticeable, or distinct

2: to pronounce (part of a word) with greater stress or force : stress

3: to mark with a written or printed accent

Origin: 14th century ;

 Borrowed from Middle French accenter "to pronounce with greater stress," in part derivative of accent {see: |accent:1|accent:1}, in part borrowed from Medieval Latin accentāre, variant of accentuāre{mat|accentuate|};

[Noun]  | "ac*cent" | \ ˈak-ˌsent \

1: an effort in speech to stress one syllable over adjacent syllables; also : the stress thus given a syllable

2: a distinctive manner of expression: such as

3: a way of speaking typical of a particular group of people and especially of the natives or residents of a region

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, "modulation of the voice," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, "modulation of the voice, prominence in pitch on a given syllable," going back to Old French, borrowed from Latin accentus (loan translation of Greek prosōidía), from ad- {see: |ad-|ad-} + cantus "song," action noun derivative of canere "to sing" {mat|chant:1|}, {mat|prosody|} ;

  * Note : The word occurs in Old English as accent in the sense "accent mark" in Byrhtferth's Enchiridion, but there is no continuity between this and later uses.;

[Noun]  | "tonic accent" 

1: relative phonetic prominence (as from greater stress or higher pitch) of a spoken syllable or word

2: accent depending on pitch rather than stress

Origin: 1867 ;

[Noun]  | "accents" 

[Noun]  | "accent" 

[Verb]  | "accents" 

[Verb]  | "accent"