Circumflex /(?)/

1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
2. 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.

imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing

1. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.]
2. Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts. (Anat.)