Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Circumflect \Cir"cum*flect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Circumflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflecting}.] [L.
   circumflectere. See {Circumflex}.]
   1. To bend around.

   2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.]