0 past simple and past participle of accentuate
1 to emphasize a particular feature of something or to make something more noticeable:
These differences are likely to be accentuated when some countries implement pension reforms, such as more pre-funding schemes.
This pattern was often accentuated whilst breathing out between phrases, when the process needed to be quick, or whilst trying to play quietly.
This factor may be slightly accentuated by the varying length of the life-cycle in different foodstuffs.
This sense of separation is accentuated by the structure climbing higher than the adjacent roof line to admit light from the south.
This accentuated economic nationalism and gave the national economy an organized competitive advantage in the international economy.
This can be accentuated in microsatellites by the number of loci required to study the population in question.
Acoustic properties of the instruments are accentuated during the solo part, and natural noises of the recorder arise when amplified through a microphone.
Like involvement in commerce and banking, this political modification of the traditional aristocratic role in society further accentuated divisions within the nobility.
