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The Collaborative International Dictionary
accented

accented \accented\ adj.

  1. (Phonology) having the main stress of a word; -- used of syllables

    Syn: tonic (vs. atonic)

  2. 1 being pronounced with sterss; -- used of syllables

    Syn: heavy, strong

Wiktionary
accented

vb. (en-past of: accent)

WordNet
accented
  1. adj. used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" [syn: tonic] [ant: atonic]

  2. used of syllables or musical beats [syn: heavy, strong]

Usage examples of "accented".

Reuter said, in accented Anglic with the slightly pedantic twist of a CD veteran.

French, words that are to receive any stress are always accented on the final syllable.

Menelmacarwa would be accented on -arw- because of the cluster rw here arising: This cluster makes what is now the second-to-last syllable long, and therefore it receives the stress.

However, rasselya should have been accented rassELya rather than RASSelya, and notto-carinnar should have been notto-carINNar rather than notto-CARinnar.

Wiping at her eyes with the backs of her big, blubbery hands, she chuckled a bit more, then addressed the girl in tolerable if thickly accented Ehleeneekos.

He was using a deep, gentle, caring voice, in heavily accented English.