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verb (used with object)
1.
to modulate (the voice).
2.
Grammar.
a.
to apply inflection to (a word).
b.
to recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word); decline or conjugate.
3.
to bend; turn from a direct line or course.
4.
Botany. to bend in.
verb (used without object)
5.
Grammar. to be characterized by inflection.
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Inflected
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English inflecten < Latin inflectere to bend in, equivalent to in- in-2 + flectere to bend, curve; compare flex
1375–1425; late Middle English inflecten < Latin inflectere to bend in, equivalent to in- in-2 + flectere to bend, curve; compare flex
Related forms
in·flect·ed·ness, noun
in·flec·tive, adjective
in·flec·tor, noun
non·in·flect·ed, adjective
un·in·flect·ed, adjective
EXPANDun·in·flec·tive, adjective
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| inflected | |
adjective | |
| 1. | (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch; "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one" [ant: uninflected] |
| 2. | showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes); "'boys' and 'swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language" [ant: uninflected] |
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