Definition of: inflect

(in·flekt′) v.t.
1. Gram. To give or recite the inflections of (a word); conjugate; decline.
2. To modulate, as the voice.
3. To turn inward or aside; deflect; curve.
—v.i.
4. To take grammatical inflection. [<L inflectere <in- in + flectere bend]