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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accent \Ac"cent`\, n. [F. accent, L. accentus; ad + cantus a singing, canere to sing. See {Cant}.] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: Many English words have two accents, the primary and the secondary; the primary being uttered with a greater stress of voice than the secondary; as in as'pira[bprime]tion, where the chief stress is on the third syllable, and a slighter stress on the first. Some words, as an'tiap'o-plec[bprime]tic, in-com'pre-hen'si-bil[bprime]i-ty, have two secondary accents. See Guide to Pron., [sect][sect] 30-46. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: In the ancient Greek the acute accent (') meant a raised tone or pitch, the grave (`), the level tone or simply the negation of accent, the circumflex ( ~ or ^) a tone raised and then depressed. In works on elocution, the first is often used to denote the rising inflection of the voice; the second, the falling inflection; and the third (^), the compound or waving inflection. In dictionaries, spelling books, and the like, the acute accent is used to designate the syllable which receives the chief stress of voice. [1913 Webster] 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. "Beguiled you in a plain accent." --Shak. "A perfect accent." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] The tender accent of a woman's cry. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 4. A word; a significant tone; (pl.) expressions in general; speech. [1913 Webster] Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. (Pros.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mus.) (a) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. (b) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. (c) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period. (d) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage. --J. S. Dwight. [1913 Webster] 7. (Math.) (a) 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[sec]. (b) (Trigon.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27[sec], i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds. (c) (Engin.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10[sec] is six feet ten inches. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accent \Ac*cent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accenting}.] [OF. accenter, F. accentuer.] [1913 Webster] 1. To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent. [1913 Webster] 2. To mark emphatically; to emphasize. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: accent n 1: distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern" [syn: {accent}, {speech pattern}] 2: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn: {emphasis}, {accent}] 3: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn: {dialect}, {idiom}, {accent}] 4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: {stress}, {emphasis}, {accent}] 5: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: {accent}, {accent mark}] v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: {stress}, {emphasize}, {emphasise}, {punctuate}, {accent}, {accentuate}] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: {stress}, {accent}, {accentuate}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: accent /aksɑ̃/ accent; stress; stress-mark; accent mark; supersign From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: accent accent; stress From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: accent /ɑksɛnt/ 1. accent; stress 2. accent 3. accentmark; supersign From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: accent 1. accent; stress 2. accent 3. accentmark; supersign