inflect

Etymology

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

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
2. (transitive, music) 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.
3. (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
4. (transitive, grammar, of a word) 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.
5. (transitive) To influence in style.
   No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.