— inflectedness , n. — inflective , adj. — inflector , n.
/in flekt"/ , v.t.
1. to modulate (the voice).
2. Gram.
a. to apply inflection to (a word).
b. to recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word); decline or conjugate.
3. to bend; turn from a direct line or course.
4. Bot. to bend in.
v.i.
5. Gram. to be characterized by inflection.
[ 1375-1425; late ME inflecten inflectere to bend in, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + flectere to bend, curve; cf. FLEX ]