v. Simple past tense and past participle of accentuate.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Strongly marked; strong; prominent; very distinct: as, accentuated features; an accentuated fault of manner.
Word Usage
"Jane was proclaimed by John Rose Mackrell (to his dying day the poor gentleman tried vainly to get the second syllable of his name accentuated) a young woman who would outlive twice over the husband she had."