Associations to the word «Inflect»
Wiktionary
INFLECT, verb. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
INFLECT, verb. (transitive) (music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
INFLECT, verb. (transitive) (grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
Dictionary definition
INFLECT, verb. Change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language.
INFLECT, verb. Vary the pitch of one's speech.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.