Inflect

v. t.	1.	To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting.] Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ? - Sir I. Newton.
	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.
	3.	To modulate, as the voice.

Verb	1.	inflect - change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
	2.	inflect - of one's speech, varying the pitch Synonyms: modulate, tone

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