| Circumflex (circumflex) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Cir"cum*flex |
| [L.
circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere,
circumflexum, to bend or turn about] circum +
flectere to bend. See Flexible.]
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A wave of the voice embracing both a
rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
A character, or accent, denoting in
Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked
thus [~ or (?)]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting
a long and contracted syllable, marked [(?) or ^]. See
Accent, n., 2.
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| Circumflex (circumflex) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Cir"cum*flex |
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To mark or pronounce
with a circumflex.
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| Circumflex (circumflex) |
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| a. | |
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| Cir"cum*flex |
|
Moving or turning round]
circuitous.
Curved circularly; --
applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries,
veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.
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