Found 2 items, similar to Inflecting.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: inflect 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Inflecting 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]