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Inflect

/ɪnˈflɛkt/

To cause to curve inwards.

📖 Definitions of "Inflect"

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to curve inwards.

  2. 2

    To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

    "The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation."

  3. 3

    (grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

  4. 4

    (grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

    "In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English."

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