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inflector

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in⋅flect

  [in-flekt]
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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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME inflecten < L inflectere to bend in, equiv. to in- in- 2 + flectere to bend, curve; cf. flex

Related forms:
in⋅flect⋅ed⋅ness, noun
in⋅flec⋅tive, adjective
in⋅flec⋅tor, noun
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in·flect   (ĭn-flěkt')   
v.   in·flect·ed, in·flect·ing, in·flects

v.   tr.

  1. To alter (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate.

  2. Grammar To alter (a word) by inflection.

  3. To turn from a course or a specified alignment; bend.

v.   intr. Grammar

  1. To be modified by inflection.

  2. To give all of the inflected forms of a word; to provide a paradigm.


[Middle English inflecten, to bend down, from Latin īnflectere : in-, in; see in-2 + flectere, to bend.]
in·flec'tive adj., in·flec'tor n.
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