accentuation

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accentuation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Accentuation \Ac*cen`tu*a"tion\, n. [LL. accentuatio: cf. F.
     accentuation.]
     Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically
     (Eccles. Mus.), pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting
     portions of the liturgy.
     [1913 Webster]

accentuation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  accentuation
      n 1: the use or application of an accent; the relative
           prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
      2: the act of giving special importance or significance to
         something [syn: emphasizing, accenting, accentuation]