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ac•cen•tu•al



Pronunciation: (ak-sen'chOO-ul), [key]
—adj.
1. of or pertaining to accent or stress.
2. Pros.of or pertaining to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.

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