Definition of Emphatics. Meaning of Emphatics. Synonyms of Emphatics

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Definition of Emphatics

Emphatic
Emphatic Em*phat"ic, Emphatical Em*phat"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. emphatique. See Emphasis.] 1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning. 2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. ``Emphatical colors.' --Boyle. ``Emphatical evils.' --Bp. Reynolds. Syn: Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.

Meaning of Emphatics from wikipedia

- has otherwise developed into a glottal consonant stop [ʔ]. All other emphatics have been merged into plain consonants. However, they are often still...
- it in 1945. The law usually pertains to inherited Semitic roots whose emphatics were usually dissimilated. Compare: Proto-Semitic *ṣ̂bṭ > Akkadian ṣabātu...
- Semitic the emphatics were articulated with pharyngealization. Its shift to backing (as opposed to Proto-Semitic glottalization of emphatics) has been considered...
- Look up emphasis or emphatic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Emphasis or emphatic may refer to: Emphasis (telecommunications), intentional alteration...
- transition from proto-Semitic ejective consonants to the pharyngealized emphatics that are found in many Semitic languages. The consonant inventory is as...
- one of the emphatic consonants through comparison with other Semitic languages, and most likely was ejective /kʼ/. In Arabic the emphatics are pharyngealised...
- maximal extension" position takes all and only the emphatics are taken as affricates: emphatic *ṣ θ̣ ṣ́ were [t͡sʼ t͡θʼ t͡ɬʼ]. The "maximal affricate...
- in the environment of other emphatics, and it rarely contrasts with /r/ otherwise. Exceptional cases of other emphatics, e.g. [ʊʃˤːæj] "hound", are ignored...
- speech that signifies emphatic word replacement. "Thousands, no, millions!" is a stock example. Epanorthosis as immediate and emphatic self-correction often...
- reads: Fatal Consequences of Spain's Bloody War with Bonaparte, and Other Emphatic Caprices (Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte...