Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Accentuate

Accentuate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Late Latin accentuatus, past participle of accentuare, from Latin accentus: compare French accentuer.]

1.
To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
2.
To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. — London Times
3.
To mark with the written accent.