Definition of inflection

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Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc..

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Parisyllabical :: Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
Accidence :: Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar..
Deflectionize :: Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Homoioptoton :: Homoioptoton (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally..
Inflexure :: Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.
Level :: Level (a.) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
Anaptotic :: Anaptotic (a.) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages..
Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Inflectional :: Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection..
Declension :: Declension (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc..
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..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Same as Diffraction.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling 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..
Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective..
Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection..
Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air..
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..
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