[VN] to emphasize sth or make it more noticeable:
Her short hair accentuated her huge eyes. * The fundamental patterns of inequality have remained and have been accentuated by the war.
accentuation noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is accentuate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, accentuate is tagged as verb.
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