ACCENTUATE

ACCENT'UATE, verb transitive To mark or pronounce with an accent or with accents.

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Ac‐cen″tu‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accentuated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accentuating.] [[LL. accentuatus, p. p. of accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.]] 1. 1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
2. 2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times. 3. 3. To mark with the written accent.