inflect Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
  2. verb vary the pitch of one's speech
    tone; modulate.

WordNet


In*flect" transitive verb
Etymology
L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inflected; present participle & verbal noun Inflecting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913