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| em·phat·ic [ em fáttik ] |
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1. with emphasis: expressed, thought, or done with emphasis
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2. definite: forcible and definite
  an emphatic refusal
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3. grammar showing emphasis grammatically: describes a grammatical form that shows emphasis, e.g. the auxiliary "do" in the statement "I do like apples"
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| [Early 18th century. Via late Latin< Greek emphatikos< emphasis (see emphasis)] |
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