Definitions for inflect
ɪnˈflɛktin·flect

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inflectverb

   change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

2. tone, inflect, modulateverb

   vary the pitch of one's speech

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inflectverb

   To cause to curve inwards.

2. inflectverb

   To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

3. inflectverb

   To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

4. Etymology: From inflecto, from in- + flecto

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To INFLECTverb

   Etymology: inflecto, Latin.

   1. To bend; to turn.

   What makes them this one way their race direct,
   While they a thousand other ways reject?
   Why do they never once their course inflect? Richard Blackmore.

   Do not the rays of light which fall upon bodies, begin to bend before they arrive at the bodies? And are they not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle, acting variously in various circumstances? Isaac Newton, Opt.

   2. To change or vary.3. To vary a noun or verb in its terminations.

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1. inflect

   Inflect, typically used in the field of linguistics, refers to the change in the form of a word, usually by adding an ending, to indicate a change in its grammatical function, such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, or case. It can also mean to modulate or change the pitch or tone of one's voice.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inflectverb

   to turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow

2. Inflectverb

   to vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb

3. Inflectverb

   to modulate, as the voice

4. Etymology: [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in- in + flectere to bend. See Flexible, and cf. Inflex.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inflect

   in-flekt′, 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. [L. inflectĕre—in, in, flectĕre, flexum, to bend.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inflect in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inflect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inflect
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inflect
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=inflect
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inflect
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=inflect