In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ACCENTUATED
Verb
accentuated
simple past tense and past participle of accentuate
Source: Wiktionary
ACCENTUATE
Ac*cen"tu*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accentuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accentuating.] Etym: [LL. accentuatus, p. p. of accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.]
1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times.
3. To mark with the written accent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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