"circumflect" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: circumflects [present, singular, third-person], circumflecting [participle, present], circumflected [participle, past], circumflected [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} circumflect (third-person singular simple present circumflects, present participle circumflecting, simple past and past participle circumflected)
  1. (transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-circumflect-en-verb-h6Mkbjdt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with circum- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with circum-: 57 43
  2. To bend around.
    Sense id: en-circumflect-en-verb-RaiMEx8V

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for circumflect meaning in English (1.5kB)

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