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Inflect
| inflected
| inflection
| inflectional
| inflectional ending
| inflectional morphology
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Inflect
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Inflect has 2 senses
- inflect(v = verb.communication) Array - change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language; Array is one way to modify
- inflect(v = verb.communication) modulate, tone - vary the pitch of one's speech; Array is one way to mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
Derived forms noun inflection1, noun inflexion1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun inflection2, noun inflection4
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Inflect, v. t. [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in- in + flectere to bend. See Flexible, and cf. Inflex.].
- To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. [1913 Webster]"Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ?" [1913 Webster]
- To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb. [1913 Webster]
- To modulate, as the voice. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Inflect, v.
1 tr. change the pitch of (the voice, a musical note, etc.).
2 Gram. a tr. change the form of (a word) to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. b intr. (of a word, language, etc.) undergo such change.
3 tr. bend inwards; curve.
1 tr. change the pitch of (the voice, a musical note, etc.).
2 Gram. a tr. change the form of (a word) to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. b intr. (of a word, language, etc.) undergo such change.
3 tr. bend inwards; curve.
Derivative
inflective adj.
Etymology
ME f. L inflectere inflex- (as IN-(2), flectere bend)
THESAURUS
Inflect
analyze, arch, bend, bend back, bow, bracket, conjugate, crook, curl, curve, decline, decurve, deflect, dome, embow, flex, hook, hump, hunch, hyphenate, incurvate, incurve, intonate, loop, mark, modulate, parenthesize, parse, point, punctuate, recurve, reflect, reflex, retroflex, round, sag, swag, sweep, turn, vault, windROGET THESAURUS
Inflect
Curvature
VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.
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