- (n.) A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
- (n.) A particular stress of utterance or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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