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Pronunciation : Cir"cum*flex
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cir"cum*flex
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.

t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cir"cum*flex
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.]
Definition : 1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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