Definition of inflect

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Inflect (v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow..

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Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
Compare :: Compare (v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing - er and -est to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing more and most, or less and least, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful..
Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection..
Flection :: Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection..
Etymology :: Etymology (n.) That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
Flectional :: Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection..
Masculine :: Masculine (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender..
Anaptotic :: Anaptotic (a.) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages..
Noninflectional :: Noninflectional (a.) Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection..
Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective..
Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech..
Inflexure :: Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.
Inflecting :: Inflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflec.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..
Deflectionization :: Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.
Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison..
Level :: Level (a.) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
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