WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : In*flect"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913