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(1):

(n.) A word; a significant tone

(2):

(n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

(3):

(n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) expressions in general; speech.

(6):

(n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

(7):

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

(8):

(n.) 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''.

(9):

(n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.

(10):

(n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.

(11):

(n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

(12):

(n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

(13):

(v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

(14):

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

(15):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Accent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/accent.html. 1828.
 
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