Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

183. A Word may have more than One Accent.

Take as an instance aspiration. In uttering this word we give a marked emphasis of the voice upon the first and third syllables, and therefore those syllables are said to be accented. The first of these accents is less distinguishable than the second, upon which we dwell longer, therefore the second accent in point of order is called the primary, or chief accent of the word. [A COW CONSUMES 100 LBS. OF GREEN FOOD DAILY.]