Verb (used with object), : to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.    From Dictionary.com. 

What I want to emphasise is a very genuine truth!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Schneider: Obama not a satisfying choice for KY Democrats] Reference

Capital letters to emphasise a word?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shoplifters Of The World Unite « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

He claps his hands together to emphasise each word.    From Wordnik.com.  [N-Dubz: 'We were naughty. We used to cause madness!'] Reference

Let us pursue and emphasise this thought a little further.    From Wordnik.com.  [Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive] Reference

'You remember this,' said his father, shaking him to emphasise the promise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference

But there has ever been a tendency to emphasise one or other of these aspects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference

I again wish to emphasise the fact of how important is the question of recoil.    From Wordnik.com.  [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference

Lamb, he had a stutter which seemed to emphasise and add point to his witticisms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australian Writers] Reference

Here in the beginning of our consideration I wish to emphasise this element alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference

Thereupon, as if to emphasise their dislike of Wright, the Anti-Rent delegates indorsed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference

Further, to emphasise its independence and dislike of the President, the convention nominated.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference

And to emphasise the uselessness of such a course he pulled out the lining of his inner pocket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

But William was William still: you read that before; it is necessary, perhaps, to emphasise it.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Adolphus Turnpike] Reference

We would again emphasise the truth that no child should be undervalued for its delicate health.    From Wordnik.com.  [Papers on Health] Reference

He bowed to Mr Jellaby, as well as to myself, on saying this, as if to emphasise his description.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference

These characteristics have been previously discussed but it is well to emphasise their importance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference

To emphasise the satisfactory nature of these figures I need only quote the results attained in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

Various statues of particular gods may, of course, emphasise one side or another of their functions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Religion and Art in Ancient Greece] Reference

Lastly, we must emphasise that the accompaniment is predominated by the air to which the words are sung.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series] Reference

It pleased him well as a rule, but this evening that same emptiness seemed to emphasise his own isolation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference

Although an unpretentious little vessel, it certainly served to emphasise the importance of the Torres idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference

High-caste Hindus use it in speaking to low-caste people, in order to emphasise their own superior position.    From Wordnik.com.  [India and the Indians] Reference

There was plenty of wood and we were soon comfortable, with a keen November wind to emphasise our blessings.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference

Occasions of this sort emphasise the richness of technique, imagination and athleticism at Arsenal's disposal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cesc Fábregas and Arsenal hit Braga for six in Champions League] Reference

I want especially to emphasise that this is for the first time in our financial history a great democratic loan.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

Professor Mark Bellis, the director of the Observatory, is keen to emphasise the ubiquitous nature of the problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [I like a drink, but collectively we have a problem] Reference

I would emphasise the point that as regards the future of endangered languages, the Internet speeds everything up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference

It is impossible, within the limits of a review, to do more than to emphasise the most important of his discoveries.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

A complete absence of dialect from the novels helps to emphasise the author's slender use of extraneous aids to interest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australian Writers] Reference

If anything could emphasise the value of his discovery surely it was this and Harrison Smith fairly tingled with excitement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

It was part of the programme to emphasise the arrival of meals and in spite of himself he could not resist starting hungrily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

On February 3d I finished plotting the river down to the Kanab Canyon, and as if to emphasise this point a snow-storm set in.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference

One senior executive said that by quoting statistics in an effort to emphasise licence fee-payers 'affection for the corporation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Thompson: 'Once gone, it will be gone for ever'] Reference

As much of the spring sunshine as struggled through the haze overshadowing the place served but to emphasise the hideous squalor of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference