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Accent :: Accent (v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

Ictus :: Ictus (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..

Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. t.) To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly..

Accentuation :: Accentuation (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Caesura :: Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others..

Accentless :: Accentless (a.) Without accent.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2..

Tone :: Tone (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure..

Accentuated :: Accentuated (imp. & p. p.) of Accentuat.

Trochee :: Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..

Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A word that has no accent.

Prosody :: Prosody (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition..

Modular :: Modular (a.) Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure..

Dunnock :: Dunnock (a.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.

Staccato :: Staccato (a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic..

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