[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["Music.to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented.to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.", "to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented.", "to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.", "Grammar.to contract (a word) by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in reducing Gloucesterto Gloster."]}]