2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inflect \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inflect
v 1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the
grammatical rules of the language
2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: {modulate}]
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