different between emphasize vs ingeminate

English

Alternative forms

• emphasise (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK)

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??m.f?.sa?z/

Verb

emphasize (third-person singular simple present emphasizes, present participle emphasizing, simple past and past participle emphasized)

1. (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

   His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.

Synonyms

• betone
• stress
• underscore

Antonyms

• de-emphasize
• downplay

Derived terms

• reemphasize
• overemphasize
• underemphasize

Related terms

• emphasis
• emphatic

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the participle stem of Latin ingemin? (“repeat, reiterate”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?n?d??m.?.ne?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?n?d??m.?.n?t/

Verb

ingeminate (third-person singular simple present ingeminates, present participle ingeminating, simple past and past participle ingeminated)

1. (transitive) To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:

     we found a black pavillion; in it three old Arabians; who, out of their Alcoran ingeminated a dolefull requiem to their Brothers carcasse, over which they sat […]

Translations

Related terms

• ingemination

Adjective

ingeminate (comparative more ingeminate, superlative most ingeminate)

1. redoubled
   • 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old

     It is an ingeminate expression of our labours . And that supposes us to have faculties capable of improvement

2. reiterated

Anagrams

• matineeing

Latin

Participle

ingemin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ingemin?tus