If a word inflects, its ending or form changes in order to show its grammatical function. If a language inflects, it has words in it that inflect. + inflected in·flect·ed Sanskrit, a highly inflected language. if a word inflects, its form changes according to its meaning or use
To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow
To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb
{f} change the tone of one's voice, modulate one's voice; curve inward, bend; alter a word by inflection (Grammar)