- circumflect
- circumflect /sûr-kəm-flektˈ/transitive verb1. To bend round2. To mark with a circumflexORIGIN: L circum around, and flectere, flexum to bend• • •cirˈcumflex nounAn accent (ˆ) orig denoting a rising and falling of the voice on a vowel or syllable (also adjective)transitive verbTo bend roundcircumflexion /-flekˈshən/ nounA bending round
Useful english dictionary. 2012.