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Accentually :: Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Accent :: Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure..

Accentuation :: Accentuation (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..

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..

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..

Accentuate :: Accentuate (v. t.) To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

Syncopation :: Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags..

Orthotone :: Orthotone (a.) Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic..

Arsis :: Arsis (n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent..

Font :: Font (n.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount..

Syllabical :: Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent..

Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca..

Properispomenon :: Properispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.

Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..

Atonic :: Atonic (a.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable..

Type :: Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing..

Accentual :: Accentual (a.) Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

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..

Accentuate :: Accentuate (v. t.) To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

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