Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

188. Examples of the above.

Thus when we say that anything is "an in'sult," that word is a _noun_, and is accented on the first syllable; but when we say he did it "to insult' another person," the word insult' implies _acting_, and becomes a verb, and should be accented on the last syllable. The effect is, that, in speaking, you should employ a different pronunciation in the use of the same word, when uttering such sentences as these:--"What an in'sult!" "Do you mean to insult' me?" In the first sentence the stress of voice must be laid upon the first syllable, _in'_, and in the latter case upon the second syllable, _sult'_.