add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"

quote - put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"

background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"

re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"

bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"

evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"

topicalize - emphasize by putting have stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"

point up - emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"

press home, ram home, drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"

emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"