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title: highlight
description: API Reference for highlight
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# API Documentation for highlight
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## highlight()
highlight v3 | MIT license | Johann Burkard <jb@eaio.com>
Highlights arbitrary terms in a node.

- Modified by Marshal <beatgates@gmail.com> 2011-6-24 (added regex)
- Modified by Brian Reavis <brian@thirdroute.com> 2012-8-27 (cleanup)

**Kind**: global function  
