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in·flect  (n-flkt)
v. in·flect·ed, in·flect·ing, in·flects
v.tr.
1. To alter (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate.
2. Grammar To alter (a word) by inflection.
3. To turn from a course or a specified alignment; bend.
v.intr. Grammar
1. To be modified by inflection.
2. To give all of the inflected forms of a word; to provide a paradigm.

[Middle English inflecten, to bend down, from Latin nflectere : in-, in; see in-2 + flectere, to bend.]

in·flective adj.
in·flector n.

inflect
Verb
1. to change (the voice) in tone or pitch
2. Grammar to change (the form of a word) by inflection
3. to bend or curve [Latin inflectere to curve, alter]
inflective adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.inflect - change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
compare - to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
decline - inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
conjugate - add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb"
pluralise, pluralize - mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural; "How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese?"
2.inflect - vary the pitch of one's speech
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

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Of particular interest is Paul Smith's assertion that "the process by which culture inflects the material world is actually the same process as that by which the material world shapes culture and our experience.
And it inflects the way we continue to think of warfare, as is evident in politicians' speaking of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as "cowardly," even if those who executed them were fearless: They did not give fair warning and disregarded the rights of entirely innocent people.
You are met by a propylaeum which consists of the timber-covered arc of an open-air theatre and its wooden scena which inflects you towards the ascending terraces by which you approach the entrance.
 
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