accent
/ækˈsɛnt/ verb C2- 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.
He/she/it accents · Past accented · Past participle accented · -ing form accenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- accent
- He/she/it
- accents
- Past
- accented
- Past participle
- accented
- -ing form
- accenting
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“We be of one blood, ye and I,” said Mowgli, giving the words the Bear accent which all the Hunting People use.
Nor did he seem much more at ease; when he spoke, his accent had none of its usual sedateness; and he repeated his inquiries as to the time of her having left Longbourn, and of her stay in Derbyshire, so often, and in so hurried a way, as plainly spoke the distraction of his thoughts.
Wholly inattentive to her sister’s feelings, Lydia flew about the house in restless ecstasy, calling for everyone’s congratulations, and laughing and talking with more violence than ever; whilst the luckless Kitty continued in the parlour repining at her fate in terms as unreasonable as her accent was peevish.
He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent.
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