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Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

Sforzato :: Sforzato (a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /..

Emphaticalness :: Emphaticalness (n.) The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.

Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].

Scansion :: Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise..

Cool :: Cool (superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount..

Nonemphatical :: Nonemphatical (a.) Having no emphasis; unemphatic.

Soldier :: Soldier (n.) A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction..

Epizeuxis :: Epizeuxis (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -.

Nation :: Nation (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs..

Phasis :: Phasis (n.) See Phase.

Alive :: Alive (a.) Of all living (by way of emphasis).

Indeed :: Indeed (adv.) In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompanies..

Palilogy :: Palilogy (n.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, The living, the living, he shall praise thee..

Impression :: Impression (n.) Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.

Devil :: Devil (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation..

Emphatical :: Emphatical (a.) Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35..

Ploce :: Ploce (n.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, His wife's a wife indeed..

Italic :: Italic (n.) An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters..

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