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Highlight   /hˈaɪlˌaɪt/   Listen
verb
highlight  v. t.  
1.
To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.
Synonyms: foreground, spotlight, play up.
2.
To make (part of a text or image) more prominent, especially by making it of a lighter hue or of a different color than the remaining part.



noun
highlight  n.  
1.
The part of an image that has the most intense light.
2.
The most memorable or enjoyable part; of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... places, the capital 'V' and 'I' characters were used where we would use a capital 'U' of 'J' instead. These have not been changed. For example, Vnlese, Iuvenal. Where the capitals in the original text were used to highlight the first word of a poem, 'V' was changed to 'v', for example, OVR ...
— Lucasta • Richard Lovelace



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