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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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