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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ac·cen·tu·ate /ɪkˈsɛn(t)ʃəˌwet, æk-/
 (vt.)以重音念,強調,重讀

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ac·cen·tu·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accentuated p. pr. & vb. n. Accentuating.]
 1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
 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. To mark with the written accent.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 accentuate
      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]
      2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent
         the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent]