emphasize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: em=pha=size

CIDE DICTIONARY

emphasize, v. t. 

 To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

emphasize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 bring (a thing, fact, etc.) into special prominence.
2 lay stress on (a word in speaking).

THESAURUS

emphasize

accent, accentuate, assert, bear down on, belabor, call attention to, charge, dwell on, feature, give emphasis to, harp on, highlight, italicize, mark, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overstress, pinpoint, place emphasis on, play up, point up, press, punctuate, rub in, spotlight, star, stress, underline, underscore

ROGET THESAURUS

emphasize

Importance

VB be important, be somebody, be something, import, signify, matter, boot, be an object, carry weight, make a figure, be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade, lie at the root of, deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration, attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to, value, care for, set store upon, set store by, mark, mark with a white stone, underline, write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters, of gold, accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on, make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece of work about, make much ado about, make much ado of, make much of.

Affirmation

VB assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.