n. | 1. | A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | 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. |
| 4. | A word; a significant tone |
| 5. | (Pros.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse. |
| 6. | (Mus.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. |
| 7. | (Math.) 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. |
v. t. | 1. | |
| 1. | To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent. |
| 2. | To mark emphatically; to emphasize. |