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Circumflect

Cir′cum-flect

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Circumflected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumflecting
.]
[L.
circumflectere
. See
Circumflex
.]
1.
To bend around.
2.
To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel.
[R.]

Definition 2024


circumflect

circumflect

English

Verb

circumflect (third-person singular simple present circumflects, present participle circumflecting, simple past and past participle circumflected)

  1. To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize
  2. To bend around