Definition of accent

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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..

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Accentuality :: Accentuality (n.) The quality of being accentual.
Syllabical :: Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent..
Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent..
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..
Accentuate :: Accentuate (v. t.) To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
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..
Iambus :: Iambus (n.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n..
Accent :: Accent (n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
Prosody :: Prosody (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition..
Accentor :: Accentor (n.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
Accent :: Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period..
Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
Accentually :: Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure..
Enclitically :: Enclitically (adv.) In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back.
Anacrusis :: Anacrusis (n.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
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