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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inflect/ɪnˈflekt/

▶verb

1 Grammar change or be changed by inflection.

2 vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice), especially to express mood or feeling.

3 technical bend or deflect from a straight course, especially inwards.

– derivatives
inflective adjective.

– origin ME: from L. inflectere, from in- ‘into’ + flectere ‘to bend’.

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