v. [ad. L. circumflectĕre to bend round; also, to mark or pronounce with a circumflex accent.]

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  1.  trans. Gram. To mark with a circumflex accent. † b. fig. To accentuate, emphasize (cf. CIRCUMFLEX B. 1 b.).

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1643.  Sober Sadness, 1. To circumflect the sad accents of their just Complaint.

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1751.  Wesley, Wks. (1872), XIV. 80. Nouns of the First Declension circumflect the Genitive Plural.

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  2.  To bend round.

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In mod. Dicts.

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