emphatic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   forceful and definite in expression or action

   The document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty.

2. 2
   adj

   spoken with emphasis

   An emphatic word.

From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.

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