Inflect Definition

ĭn-flĕkt

inflected, inflecting, inflects

verb

inflected, inflecting, inflects

To vary or change the tone or pitch of (the voice); modulate.

Webster's New World

To turn, bend, or curve, usually inward.

Webster's New World

To be changed by inflection.

Webster's New World

To change the form of (a word) by inflection, as in conjugating or declining.

Webster's New World

To give all of the inflected forms of a word; to provide a paradigm.

American Heritage

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Origin of Inflect

Middle English inflecten to bend down from Latin īnflectere in- in in–² flectere to bend

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“I bend”)

From Wiktionary