inflect Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
verb vary the pitch of one's speech
tone; modulate.

L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.

imperfect & past participle Inflected; present participle & verbal noun Inflecting

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.
(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.
To modulate, as the voice.