3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Emphasize \Em"pha*size\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Emphasized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emphasizing}.] To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

emphasizing \emphasizing\ n. The act of giving special importance or significance to something.

Syn: accenting. [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

emphasizing

noun