a wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.-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.-to mark or pronounce with a circumflex.-moving or turning round; circuitous.-curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.