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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Inflecting.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in
     + flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
     1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline,
        to deflect; to curve; to bow.
  
              Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,
              refracted, and inflected by one and the same
              principle ?                           --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
  
     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.
  
     3. To modulate, as the voice.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  inflect
       v 1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the
            grammatical rules of the language
       2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: tone, modulate]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inflect
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
     2 (lb en transitive music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice
  when speaking or singing.
     3 (lb en transitive grammar) To vary the form of a word to express
  tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     4 (lb en transitive grammar of a word) To be varied in the form to
  express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To influence in style.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  inflect
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
     2 (lb en transitive music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice
  when speaking or singing.
     3 (lb en transitive grammar) To vary the form of a word to express
  tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     4 (lb en transitive grammar of a word) To be varied in the form to
  express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To influence in style.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  inflect
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
     2 (lb en transitive music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice
  when speaking or singing.
     3 (lb en transitive grammar) To vary the form of a word to express
  tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     4 (lb en transitive grammar of a word) To be varied in the form to
  express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To influence in style.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  inflect
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
     2 (lb en transitive music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice
  when speaking or singing.
     3 (lb en transitive grammar) To vary the form of a word to express
  tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     4 (lb en transitive grammar of a word) To be varied in the form to
  express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
     5 (lb en transitive) To influence in style.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inflect
     Englanti vb.
     1 (yhteys kielitiede k=en) taivuttaa
     2 muuttaa äänensävyä, moduloida

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inflect
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg grammatik språk=en text=om ord) böja, ''verb'' konjugera,
  ''substantiv och adjektiv'' deklinera

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/
  قوّس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  inflect //ɪnˈflɛkt// 
  1. извивам навътре
  cause to curve inwards
  2. скланям, спрягам
  grammar: vary the form of a word
  3. модулирам
  music: change tone or pitch

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/ 
  skloňovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/ 
  ohýbat se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/ 
  časovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/ 
  ffurfdroi 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/ 
  biegen 
   see: inflecting, inflected, inflects, inflected
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  inflect //ɪnˈflɛkt// 
  1. taivuttaa sisäänpäin
  cause to curve inwards
  2. taivuttaa
  grammar: vary the form of a word
  3. vaikuttaa
  influence in style
  4. muuttaa äänensävyä
  music: change tone or pitch

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/
  savinuti, sklanjati, sprezati

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  inflect //ɪnˈflɛkt// 
  働く
  grammar: vary the form of a word

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  inflect //ɪnˈflɛkt// 
  bøye
  grammar: vary the form of a word

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  inflect /ɪnˈflekt/
  I.    odmieniać się, odmieniać
  II.  inflected /ɪnflˈɛktɪd/  [gram]   odmienny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  inflect //ɪnˈflɛkt// 
  böja
  grammar: vary the form of a word

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  inflect /ɪnflˈɛkt/
  1. ses tonunu değiştirmek
  2. eğmek
  3. (gram.) tasrif etmek, çekmek.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "inflect":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 弯曲,使屈曲,改变;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 弯曲,使屈曲,改变
     vi. 发生弯曲变化

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