inflect

verb

to vary a word in order to express different grammatical relations
to modulate the voice

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflɛkt/

verb

Etymology: From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).

To cause to curve inwards.
To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
“The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.”
To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
“In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.”