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The circumfix is probably most widely known from the German Past Participle (''ge- -t'' for regular verbs). The verb ''spielen'', for example, has the participle ''gespielt''.

For instance, in Hebrew ''magdelet'' "magnifier", the root is ''gdl'' "big" (in the H-stem ''hagdel'' "to enlarge") and the circumfix is ''m- -et''. Similarly, in classical French , Negation is achieved by the circumfix ''ne ... pas'' which is placed around either the chief Verb or the Auxiliary Verb of a Verb Phrase . Circumfixes are extremely common in Bahasa Indonesia .

The negation in Guaraní is also done with circumfixes ''nd- -i'' and ''nd- -mo'ãi'' for Future negations.

  • ''enlight'' (although ''lighten'' is correct); ---''embold'' and ---''bolden'' are both incorrect.

    • In older usage, however, the ).