Definition of Inlect
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to change course from a straight line.
- to change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
- (grammar) to vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number or mood.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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