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Definition of Inflect

1. Verb. Change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language.

Definition of Inflect

1. v. t. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

Definition of Inflect

1. Verb. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inflect

1. to bend [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: bend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflect

Literary usage of Inflect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Greek Lessons Adapted to Goodwin's Greek Grammar: And Intended as an by Robert Fowler Leighton (1874)
"inflect the future. Write in Greek : / loose him ; you will lose them ; he looses those men; ... inflect the impf. Give the tense stem ; personal ending. ..."

2. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Cm v'-a-ti'H. л- curved, bent. €urv-a'- f bending. Curve, vt to inflect, tobend. Gurv'-et, я. leap of a horse with both feet. Cur-vi-lin'-e-al, i a. ..."

3. The Practical Surveyor's Guide: Containing the Necessary Information to Make by Andrew Duncan (1892)
"To inflect IN CURVES ON RAIL ROADS AND OTHERS. The curves most in use at the present time, are those of a circle. The angle made at the angular point of the ..."

4. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"... to inflect, to bend, to arch. — la /lauta (car.) to bend the tyre. maquina tie—finas, felloe bending machine. —se (met.) to get aside (carp. ..."

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