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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr & vb n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere inflexum pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See {Flexibl}, and cf {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ? --Sir I. Newton. 2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb 3. To modulate, as the voice. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inflect v 1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language 2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: {modulate}]
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