(n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon
some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from
the others.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A word; a significant tone
(n.) expressions in general; speech.
(n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the
beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of
the measure.
(n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of
a period.
(n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
(n.) 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''.
(n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of
a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty
seven seconds.
(n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six
feet ten inches.
(v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a
mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
(v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
