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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Conjugation :: Conjugation (n.) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Analogy :: Analogy (n.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
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..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4..
Aptotic :: Aptotic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
Masculine :: Masculine (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender..
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected..
Inflexive :: Inflexive (a.) Inflective.
Conjugate :: Conjugate (v. t.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons..
Inflect :: Inflect (v. t.) To modulate, as the voice..
Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Bent; turned; deflected.
Tense :: Tense (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time..
Flectional :: Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
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