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accented

Dictionary definition · accented

adjective

  1. (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch"a tonic syllable carries the main stress in a word"
  2. bearing a stress or accent"an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in ‘delay’"

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).