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Underscore   /ˌəndərskˈɔr/   Listen
Underscore

noun
1.
A line drawn underneath (especially under written matter).  Synonym: underline.
verb
1.
Give extra weight to (a communication).  Synonyms: emphasise, emphasize, underline.
2.
Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.  Synonym: underline.






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"Underscore" Quotes from Famous Books



... habit to underscore passages in books which have contributed something vital to one's own thought—always provided that the books have ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense

... own themes. If some word occurs frequently, underscore it each time, and then substitute words or expressions for it in as many places as you can. If necessary, reconstruct the sentences so as to avoid using the word in some cases. Notice how these substitutions give a variety to your expression ...
— Composition-Rhetoric • Stratton D. Brooks

... I've no doubt. Look here, Mr. Meekin. Take the letter and this pencil, and begin at the first text. The 102nd Psalm, from the 4th verse to the 12th inclusive, doesn't he say? Very good; that's nine verses, isn't it? Well, now, underscore nine consecutive words from the second word immediately following the next text quoted, 'I have hope,' etc. Have you ...
— For the Term of His Natural Life • Marcus Clarke

... letters that deviates from the psychological tradition in later eighteenth-century criticism, it is also evident that Ogilvie is not really an associationist, and that he is less interested in the creative functioning of the poet's imagination than in the precepts of a psychological humanism which underscore his criteria and give validity to his remarks on the range and appeal of lyric poetry. In sum, his historicism exists as a justification for his defense of lyric poetry and is intended to provide a basis for the ...
— An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients • John Ogilvie

... Henry ate luncheon in a club where thick rugs hushed a foot-fall into a mere whisper of a walk, where servants, grave of countenance and low of voice, seemed to underscore the chilliness of the place. Henry was introduced to a number of astonished men, who said that they welcomed him home, and who immediately began to talk about something else; and he was shown through the large library, ...
— The Colossus - A Novel • Opie Read



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