| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Special weight placed upon something considered important: accent, accentuation, emphasis. See IMPORTANT. 2. The act, condition, or effect of exerting force on someone or something: pressure, strain1, tension. See PUSH. | | VERB: | To accord emphasis to: accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, underline, underscore. See IMPORTANT.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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