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III. ACCENT AND EMPHASIS.
ACCENT.
That syllable in a word which in uttered more forcibly than the others, is said to be aecenteu, and is marked thus, ('); as the italicized syllables in the following words:
morning.
tyrant.
pro-cure.
de-bate.