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Webster 1913 Edition


Inflected

In-flect′ed

,
Adj.
1.
Bent; turned; deflected.
2.
(Gram.)
Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective.
Inflected cycloid
(Geom.)
,
a prolate cycloid. See
Cycloid
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inflected

INFLECT'ED

,
pp.
Bent or turned from a direct line or course; as an inflected ray of light; varied in termination.

Definition 2024


inflected

inflected

English

Adjective

inflected (comparative more inflected, superlative most inflected)

  1. Deviating from a straight line.
  2. (grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
  3. (linguistics) Having inflected word forms.
    (An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)
  4. (botany) bent or curved inward or downward

Translations

Verb

inflected

  1. simple past tense and past participle of inflect