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Definition of accent
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of accent is as below...
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''..
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Tone
::
Tone (n.)
Accent,
or
inflection
or
modulation
of the
voice,
as
adapted
to
express
emotion
or
passion..
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..
Circumflex
::
Circumflex
(n.) A
character,
or
accent,
denoting
in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long
syllable,
marked
thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other
languages,
denoting
a long and
contracted
syllable,
marked
[/ or ^]. See
Accent,
n., 2..
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..
Accentuation
::
Accentuation
(n.) Act of
accentuating;
applications
of
accent.
Baritone
::
Baritone
(a.) Not
marked
with an
accent
on the last
syllable,
the grave
accent
being
understood..
Accent
::
Accent
(n.)
Stress
laid on
certain
syllables
of a
verse.
Accentuality
::
Accentuality
(n.) The
quality
of being
accentual.
Circumflect
::
Circumflect
(v. t.) To mark with the
circumflex
accent,
as a
vowel..
Modular
::
Modular
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to mode,
modulation,
module,
or
modius;
as,
modular
arrangement;
modular
accent;
modular
measure..
Measure
::
Measure
(n.) The group or
grouping
of
beats,
caused
by the
regular
recurrence
of
accented
beats..
Dunnock
::
Dunnock
(a.) The hedge
sparrow
or hedge
accentor.
Atonic
::
Atonic
(n.) A word that has no
accent.
Proclitic
::
Proclitic
(a.)
Leaning
forward;
-- said of
certain
monosyllabic
words which are so
closely
attached
to the
following
word as not to have a
separate
accent.
Enclitically
::
Enclitically
(adv.)
In an
enclitic
manner;
by
throwing
the
accent
back.
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..
Female Rhymes
::
Female
rhymes
()
double
rhymes,
or
rhymes
(called
in
French
feminine
rhymes
because
they end in e weak, or
feminine)
in which two
syllables,
an
accented
and an
unaccented
one,
correspond
at the end of each
line..
Accentual
::
Accentual
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
accent;
characterized
or
formed
by
accent.
Enclitical
::
Enclitical
(v. i.)
Affixed;
subjoined;
-- said of a word or
particle
which leans back upon the
preceding
word so as to
become
a part of it, and to lose its own
independent
accent,
generally
varying
also the
accent
of the
preceding
word..
Thesis
::
Thesis
(n.) The
accented
part of the
measure,
expressed
by the
downward
beat; -- the
opposite
of
arsis..
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