emphasizing

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emphasizing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Emphasize \Em"pha*size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emphasized; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Emphasizing.]
     To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to
     make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

  emphasizing \emphasizing\ n.
     The act of giving special importance or significance to
     something.
  
     Syn: accenting.
          [WordNet 1.5] emphatic

emphasizing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  emphasizing
      n 1: the act of giving special importance or significance to
           something [syn: emphasizing, accenting, accentuation]