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 expre the relations of case, number, gender, person, tense, .— adjs. Inflec′tional , Inflex′ional ; Inflec′tion le , Inflex′i on le ; Inflect′ive , subject to inflection; Inflexed′ , bent inward: bent: turned.— ns. Inflexibil′ity , Inflex′iblene .— 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.]