n.;
The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter. [ 1913 Webster ]
External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To place emphasis on; same as emphasize.
v. t.
adj. Having stress or emphasis.
n. The act of giving special importance or significance to something.
adv.
He was indeed emphatically a popular writer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being emphatic; emphasis. [ 1913 Webster ]