About The Word Inflect
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Inflect
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What's The Definition Of Inflect?
[v] of one's speech, varying the pitch
[v] change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language Synonyms | Synonyms for Inflect: modulate Related Terms | Find terms related to Inflect: analyze | arch | bend | bend back | bow | bracket | conjugate | crook | curl | curve | decline | decurve | deflect | dome | embow | flex | hook | hump | hunch | hyphenate | incurvate | incurve | intonate | loop | mark | modulate | parenthesize | parse | point | punctuate | recurve | reflect | reflex | retroflex | round | sag | swag | sweep | turn | vault | wind See Also | compare | conjugate | decline | modify | mouth | speak | talk | utter | verbalise | verbalize Inflect In Webster's Dictionary \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in
+ flectere to bend. See {Flexibl}, and cf. {Inflex}.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline,
to deflect; to curve; to bow.
Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,
refracted, and inflected by one and the same
principle ? --Sir I.
Newton.
2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations;
to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a
verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice.
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