the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding > in speech (5)
Introducing (or parenthetically following) a word, phrase, or statement which is repeated either for emphasis (and often elaborated in the…
Phrases. (Obsolete in a–d.) to lay on load: to deal heavy blows (occasionally to lay load aboutor about one); figurative to speak with emphasis or…
I vow, used to strengthen an assertion.
intransitive. = vow, v.2 2b..
transitive. To emphasize (a word or phrase) by speaking it more loudly or with longer duration, greater articulation, etc., or by writing it in…