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A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. Sterne. Five nations. See under Five. -- Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law.

Having no emphasis; unemphatic.

The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, "The living, the living, he shall praise thee." Is. xxxviii. 19.

languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense.

A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed." Bailey.

The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson.

ced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or

man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. Shak.

les. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 31-35.

ion as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.