| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Special weight placed upon something considered important: accentuation, emphasis, stress. See IMPORTANT. 2. A particular vocal quality that indicates some emotion or feeling: inflection, intonation, tone. Idioms: tone of voice. See SOUNDS. | | VERB: | To accord emphasis to: accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore. See IMPORTANT.
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