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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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