[ɪnˈflɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- change the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, and gender
(e.g: Arabic verbs are inflected for person, number, and gender)

- vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice), especially to express mood or feeling
(e.g: his slight voice, inflected with a token touch of grit)

- bend or deflect (something), especially inwards
(e.g: particles readily inflect, deflect and jostle one another)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in inflect): from Latin inflectere, from in- ‘into’ + flectere ‘to bend’