Definition of inflect

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Inflect (v. t.) To modulate, as the voice..

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Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Deflectionization :: Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
Inflecting :: Inflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflec.
Conjugation :: Conjugation (n.) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Level :: Level (a.) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
Tone :: Tone (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion..
Homoioptoton :: Homoioptoton (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally..
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..
Flectional :: Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection..
Etymology :: Etymology (n.) That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air..
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..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..
Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to 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..
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