inflect
verb
[ ɪnˈflɛkt ]
• change the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, and gender.
• "Arabic verbs are inflected for person, number, and gender"
• vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice), especially to express mood or feeling.
• "his slight voice, inflected with a token touch of grit"
• bend or deflect (something), especially inwards.
• "particles readily inflect, deflect and jostle one another"
Origin:
late Middle English (in inflect (sense 3)): from Latin inflectere, from in- ‘into’ + flectere ‘to bend’.
