Inflect(v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.
Inflect(v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
Inflect(v. t.) To modulate, as the voice.
Inflected(a.) Bent; turned; deflected.
Inflected(a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective.
Inflected(imp. & p. p.) of Inflect
Inflecting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflect
Inflection(n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
Inflection(n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
Inflection(n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
Inflection(n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
Inflection(n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
Inflection(n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
Inflection(n.) Same as Diffraction.
Inflectional(a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.
Inflective(a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.
Inflective(a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
Words within inflects