'Inflect' definitions:
Definition of 'inflect'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Inflect'
From: GCIDE
- Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in- in + flectere to bend. See Flexible, and cf. Inflex.]
- 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. [1913 Webster]
- Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ? --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To modulate, as the voice. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inflect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analyze,
- arch,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bow,
- bracket,
- conjugate,
- crook,
- curl,
- curve,
- decline,
- decurve,
- deflect,
- dome,
- embow,
- flex,
- hook,
- hump,
- hunch,
- hyphenate,
- incurvate,
- incurve,
- intonate,
- loop,
- mark,
- modulate,
- parenthesize,
- parse,
- point,
- punctuate,
- recurve,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- retroflex,
- round,
- sag,
- swag,
- sweep,
- turn,
- vault,
- wind