2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.]
CIRCUMFLECTION
Cir`cum*flec"tion, n.
Defn: See Circumflexion.
CIRCUMFLEX Cir"cum*flex, n. Etym: [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 Accent, n., 2.
CIRCUMFLEX
Cir"cum*flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumflexing.]
Defn: To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.
CIRCUMFLEX
Cir"cum*flex, a. Etym: [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.]
1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.