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Webster 1913 Edition

Circumflex

Cir′cum-flex

,
Noun.
[L.
circumflexus
a bending round, fr.
circumflectere
,
circumflexum
, to bend or turn about;
circum + flectere
to bend. See
Flexible
.]
1.
A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
Walker.
2.
A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or [GREEK]]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [[GREEK] or ^]. See
Accent
,
Noun.
, 2.

Cir′cum-flex

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Circumflexed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumflexing
.]
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
Walker.

Cir′cum-flex

,
Adj.
[Cf. L.
circumflexus
, p. p.]
1.
Moving or turning round; circuitous.
[R.]
Swift.
2.
(Anat.)
Curved circularly; – applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

Webster 1828 Edition

Circumflex

CIRCUMFLEX

,
Noun.
In grammar, an accent serving to note or distinguish a syllable of an intermediate sound between acute and grave. It is a kind of undulation in the voice, but not used in English.

CIRCUMFLEX

,
Verb.
T.
To mark or pronounce with the accent called a circumflex.

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