Definition of accent

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Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents..

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Accent :: Accent (v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
Perispomenon :: Perispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.
Accentually :: Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
Trochee :: Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..
Accent :: Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period..
Accentor :: Accentor (n.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
Accent :: Accent (n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure..
Accentor :: Accentor (n.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds..
Arsis :: Arsis (n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent..
Accent :: Accent (n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
Accent :: Accent (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others..
Properispomenon :: Properispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
Ictus :: Ictus (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.
Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches..
Accent :: Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent..
Pronunciation :: Pronunciation (n.) The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation..
Tilde :: Tilde (n.) The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ?, /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y..
Kickup :: Kickup (n.) The water thrush or accentor.
Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..
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