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Underscore   /ˌəndərskˈɔr/   Listen
Underscore

verb
1.
Give extra weight to (a communication).  Synonyms: emphasise, emphasize, underline.
2.
Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.  Synonym: underline.






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"Underscore" Quotes from Famous Books



... your own themes. If some word occurs frequently, underscore it each time, and then substitute words or expressions for it in as many places as you can. If necessary, reconstruct the sentences so as to avoid using the word in some cases. Notice how these substitutions give a variety ...
— Composition-Rhetoric • Stratton D. Brooks

... of these 'faithful sayings' in the letters of Paul, usually called 'the pastoral epistles.' It seems to have been a manner with him, at that time of his life, to underscore anything which he felt to be especially important by attaching to it this label. They are all, with one exception, references to the largest truths of the Gospel. I turn to this one, the first of them now, for the sake of gathering some lessons ...
— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren



Words linked to "Underscore" :   stress, stroke, mark, punctuate, accent, accentuate, emphasize



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