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Emphasize   /ˈɛmfəsˌaɪz/   Listen
Emphasize

verb
(past & past part. emphasized; pres. part. emphasizing)
1.
To stress, single out as important.  Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress.
2.
Give extra weight to (a communication).  Synonyms: emphasise, underline, underscore.



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"Emphasize" Quotes from Famous Books



... gently, "you make a speech. It will be recorded. You disclaim the crass and vulgar mechanical details and emphasize that you are like Einstein, dealing in theoretic physics only. That you are naturally interested in attempts to use your discovery, but your presence is a sign of your ...
— Operation: Outer Space • William Fitzgerald Jenkins

... "We must believe the other until we prove it false. We can't afford to give up heart now, when we need heart most. The branch was carried down by a river, and we are going to find that river." I smote my open palm with a clenched fist, to emphasize a determination unsupported by hope. "There!" I cried suddenly. "See that, Bradley?" And I pointed at a spot closer to shore. "See that, man!" Some flowers and grasses and another leafy branch floated toward us. We both scanned the water and ...
— The Land That Time Forgot • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... the respondent did not amount to legal cruelty, the law was in an anomalous state, and did emphasize in a marked manner the inequality which existed in the laws relating to these matters between ...
— Reno - A Book of Short Stories and Information • Lilyan Stratton

... italics throughout the book that I was unable to retain, because of the ASCII format. The two uses of the italics were to denote scientific names and to emphasize. I have done nothing to note where the italics were used, as I don't think it really has a great affect ...
— Wake-Robin • John Burroughs

... been led to make these general allusions to electrical theory in order to emphasize the fact that in the present paper no unraveling of the mystery is to be attempted, but rather the presentation of some few considerations upon a ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 • Various


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