 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1858 - 202 pągines
...syllable is accented; as read' ing, eat' ing, reward', compel', mis' chiev ous, vi o lin', fire'-eat'er. In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables...called primary, and the less forcible, secondary. A mark like this y is sometimes used to indicate secondary accent ; as, ed^ u ca' tion, ed' u cate\... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 pągines
...accented ; as, read' ing, eat' ing, re ward', com pel', mis' chiev ous, vi o lin', fire'-eat' cr. 3. In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables...called primary, and the less forcible, secondary. In words of more than one syllable, let the pupils tell on what syllables primary and secondary accents... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pągines
...ous, vi o lin', fire'-eat' or. 3. In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables ac centcd, one is uttered with greater force than the other....called primary, and the less forcible, secondary. In words of more than one syllable, let the pupils tell cu what syllables primary and secondary accents... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pągines
...read'ing, eat'ing, reward', compel', mis' chiev ous, vi o lin', fire'-eat' er, in' ccnse-breath' ing. 3. In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables...called primary, and the less forcible, secondary. 4. A mark like this v is sometimes used to indicate secondary accent ; as, ed1 u ca' tion, ed' u cate\... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pągines
...hue ? L DEFINITIONS. A CCENT is the peculiar force given to one or more J_~A_ syllables of a word. 2. In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables...is called primary, and the less forcible, secondary ; as, /«z6-i-TA-tion. 3. The mark of acute accent [ ' ] is employed, first, to indicate primary accent... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pągines
...ACCENT. i. DEFINITIONS. \ CGENT is the peculiar force given to one or more syl-L-\ lables of a word. 2. In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables...is called primary, and the less forcible, secondary ; as, /;a/)-i-TA-tion. 3. The mark of acute accent [ ' ] is often used to indicate primary accent ;... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1869 - 166 pągines
...a word ; as ta, in spon-fo-ne-ous. VIII. ACCENT. ACCENT is the peculiar force given to one or more syllables of a word. In many trisyllables and polysyllables,...usually employed to indicate primary accent ; as, Read'ing. 3. THE MARK OF GRAVE ACCENT [v] is often used to indicate secondary accent; as, Maid'-servvant.... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1870 - 168 pągines
...a word ; as ta, in spon-fo-ne-ous. VIII. ACCENT. ACCENT is the peculiar force given to one or more syllables of a word. In many trisyllables and polysyllables,...primary, and the less forcible, secondary. 2. THE MAKK OF ACUTE ACCENT [ ' ] is usually employed to indicate primary accent ; as, Read'ing. r 16 NATIONAL... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 pągines
...ACCENT. I. DEFINITIONS. A CCENT is the peculiar force given to one or more -£j- syllables of a word. 2. In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables...is called primary, and the less forcible, secondary ; as, /;afc-i-TA-tion. 3. The mark of acute accent [ ' J is often used to indicate primary accent ;... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1873 - 172 pągines
...; as ta, in spon-fo-ne-ous. VI II. ACCENT. A CCENT is the peculiar force given to one or more _LJL syllables of a word. In many trisyllables and polysyllables,...usually employed to indicate primary accent ; as, Read'ing. IX. ANALYSIS OF WOJZ2 TUDENTS will acquire a perfect following analysis of words, both as... | |
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In many trisyllables and polysyllables, of two syllables accented, one is uttered with greater force than the other. The more forcible accent is called primary, and the less forcible, secondary. 
