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 in·flect /ɪnˈflɛkt/
 (vt.)彎曲,使屈曲,改變(vi.)發生彎曲變化

 In·flect v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting.]
 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.
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 inflect
      v 1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the
           grammatical rules of the language
      2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: tone, modulate]