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.
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Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,
refracted, and inflected by one and the same
principle ? --Sir I.
Newton.
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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.
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3. To modulate, as the voice.
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