In-flēct’, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INFLECTED; p. pr. & vb. n. INFLECTING.] [Lat. inflectere, inflexum, from prefix in and flectere, to bend; It. inflettere, Fr. infléchir.] 1. To bend; to turn from a direct line or course. Are not the rays of the sun reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle? Newton.

2. (Gram.) To vary 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.