01 v. t. 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
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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.
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2.
To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.(Gram.)
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3.
To modulate, as the voice.