1. (

• stress ,
• emphasize ,
• emphasise ,
• punctuate ,
• accent ,
• accentuate

) to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" ;

2. (

• stress ,
• accent ,
• accentuate ,

) put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" ;

1. (

• tonic ,
• accented ,

) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" ;

2. (

• stressed ,
• accented

) bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'" ;