inflect

Verb

Verb Forms: inflected, inflecting, inflects

To bend or curve; to change the form of a word.
change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
vary the pitch of one's speech
To cause to curve inwards.
To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
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.
To influence in style.

Examples

In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.
No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.
Some words inflect beautifully, offering many scoring variations on the board.
The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“I bend”).

Synonyms

modulate, tone, inbend

Scrabble Score: 12

inflect: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
inflect: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inflect: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

inflect: valid Words With Friends Word