What is to utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase called?
emphasize — To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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