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inflect(dictionary)

inflect (iou)



inflect verb. LME.
[Latin inflectere, formed as IN-2 + flectere to bend.]
verb trans. Bend inwards; bend into a curve or angle; gen. bend, curve. LME.
fig.: O. Sacks Most of Miss H's hating and blaming was inflected inwards upon herself.
verb trans. Optics. Diffract. M17-M19.
Grammar.
a. verb trans. Modify the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute: see INFLECTION 2. M17.
b. verb intrans. Undergo inflection. L19.
verb trans. Vary the intonation of (the voice); Music flatten or sharpen (a note) by a chromatic semitone. E19.
A. S. Byatt His voice was..a southern industrial Yorkshire, less inflected and singing than Winifred's northern one.
inflectable adjective (Grammar) able to be inflected M20.
inflected adjective (a) that has been inflected; (b) spec. (of a language) characterized by inflection: M17.
inflectedness noun E19.