n. A special effort of utterance by which, in a word of two or more syllables, one syllable is made more prominent than the rest.n. A mark or character used in writing to direct the stress of the voice in pronunciation, or to mark a particular tone, length of vowel-sound, or the like.n. In printing, an accented or marked letter; a type bearing an accentual or diacritical mark.n. Manner of utterance; peculiarity of pronunciation, emphasis, or expression.n. Words, or tones and modulations of the voice, expressive of some emotion or passion: as, the accents of prayer; the accent of reproof.n. plural Words, language, or expressions in general.n. In eccles. chanting, one of the seven forms of modulation used in parts sung by the officiating priest or his assistants, viz., the immutable, medium, grave, acute, moderate, interrogative, final. In music: A stress or emphasis given to certain notes or parts of bars in a composition.n. A mark placed after the letter representing a note to indicate the octave in which it is found.n. In mathematics and mech.: In all literal notation, a mark like an acute accent placed after a letter in order that it may, without confusion, be used to represent different quantities.n. In geometry and trigonometry, a mark at the right hand of a number indicating minutes of a degree, two such marks indicating seconds: as, 20° 10′ 30″ = 20 degrees, 10 minutes, 30 seconds. In mensuration and engineering, a mark at the right hand of a number used to denote feet, inches, and lines; thus, 3′ 6″ 7‴ = 3 feet, 6 inches, 7 lines. In plans and drawings, a mark similarly used after repeated letters or figures, to indicate related or corresponding parts, and read as in algebra. See above, .To express the accent of; pronounce or utter with a particular stress or modulation of the voice: as, to accent a word properly.To give expression to; utter.To mark with a written accent or accents: as, to accent a word in order to indicate its pronunciation.To emphasize; dwell upon; accentuate (which see).n. n. In decorative, art, an added relieving or contrastive touch or tint: as, deep blue or crimson, with accents of gold.n. The special stress or emphasis laid on a particular word in a sentence: as, for example, on ‘us’ in the line, “Better for us, perhaps, it might appear”n. A character, usually (′ ), used to mark such an accented syllable.n. A character, usually (″), used to mark such an accent. The term often includes minor accents of the third (tertiary) or weaker grades, as in in″′ con″ tro-ver'ti-ble, hy″percat″′ a-lec'tic, in″″com″ pre-hen″′ si-bil'i-ty, etc.