embellished English
Verb
(head)
(embellish)
embellish English
Verb
( es)
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
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To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
- to embellish a story, the truth
Synonyms
* adorn
* beautify
* decorate
* deck
* grace
* ornament
* prettify
* See also
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accented English
Verb
(head)
(accent)
accent Etymology 1
First attested in the late 14th century. (The "decorative" sense is first attested in 1972.) From (etyl) accent, from (etyl) acent, from (etyl) accentus, formed from ad + with a vowel change.
Noun
( en noun)
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
- At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
- The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent .
(senseid) Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
* 1608 , , II-ii
- I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which for my part I will not be, though I should win your displeasure to entreat me to 't.
* 1696 , , "From Celia to Damon", in Poems on Several Occasions
- The tender Accent of a Woman's Cry / Will pass unheard, will unregarded die;
(linguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
- a foreign accent'''; an American, British or Australian '''accent
A word; a significant tone or sound.
(usually, plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
* Dryden
- Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, / Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear.
(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
(music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
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(music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
(mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y'', '''y .
(geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27'' , meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
(engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10'' , meaning six feet ten inches.
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
A distinctive feature or quality.
(archaic) Utterance.
Derived terms
* accent mark
* acute accent
* grave accent
* primary accent
* secondary accent
* tonic accent
See also
* circumflex
References
* “ Accent, sb.'']” on pages 50–51 of § 1 (A) of volume I (A–B, ed. ?, 1888) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.)
* “ accent, n.'' ” in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)
Etymology 2
From the (etyl) (m), from the (etyl) (m), from the (etyl) , from (m), whence the (etyl) noun (m).
Verb
( en verb)
To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
To mark with written accents.
References
* “ Accent, v.'']” on page 51/3 of § 1 (A) of volume I (A–B, ed. ?, 1888) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.)
* “ accent, v.'' ” in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)
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