a superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.-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.-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.-a word; a significant tone-expressions in general; speech.-stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.-a regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.-a special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.-the rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.-the expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.-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''.-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.-a mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.-to express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.-to mark emphatically; to emphasize.