Inflect
[ɪn'flekt]
Definition
(verb.) change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language.
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Definition
(v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.
(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.
(v. t.) To modulate, as the voice.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Bend, bow, curve, turn from a direct line.[2]. (Gram.) Decline (a noun or an adjective), conjugate (a verb), vary the terminations of.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ACCUMULATION]
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Definition
v.t. to bend in: to turn from a direct line or course: to modulate as the voice: (gram.) to vary in the terminations.—ns. Inflec′tion Inflex′ion a bending or deviation: modulation of the voice: (gram.) the varying in termination to express the relations of case number gender person tense &c.—adjs. Inflec′tional Inflex′ional; Inflec′tionless Inflex′ionless; Inflect′ive subject to inflection; Inflexed′ bent inward: bent: turned.—ns. Inflexibil′ity Inflex′ibleness.—adj. Inflex′ible that cannot be bent: unyielding: unbending.—adv. Inflex′ibly.—n. Inflex′ure a bend or fold.
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