inflective


in·flect

I0131800 (ĭn-flĕkt′)v. in·flect·ed, in·flect·ing, in·flects v.tr.1. To alter (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate.2. Grammar To alter (a word) by inflection.3. To turn from a course or a specified alignment; bend.v.intr. Grammar 1. To be modified by inflection.2. To give all of the inflected forms of a word; to provide a paradigm.
[Middle English inflecten, to bend down, from Latin īnflectere : in-, in; see in-2 + flectere, to bend.]
in·flec′tive adj.in·flec′tor n.