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circumflexing

circumflexing is the present participle and gerund of circumflex.

Meaning of circumflex

Verb

circumflex (third-person singular simple present circumflexes, present participle circumflexing, simple past and past participle circumflexed)

  1. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
    • to circumflex a syllable
  2. (obsolete) To arch.
    • A venerable old man sitting in a chaire, with a severe aspect, wrinkled forehead, circumflex't eie-browes, great white curled beard.1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 105

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Questions about circumflexing

What is circumflexing the present participle and gerund of?
Circumflexing is the present participle and gerund of circumflex.

Words near circumflexing in the dictionary

  1. circumflex
  2. circumflex accent
  3. circumflex accents
  4. circumflexed
  5. circumflexes
  6. circumflexing
  7. circumflexion
  8. circumflexions
  9. circumfluence
  10. circumfluences
  11. circumfluent

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