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Webster 1913 Edition

Inflective

In-flect′ive

,
Adj.
1.
Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting;
as, the
inflective
quality of the air
.
Derham.
2.
(Gram.)
Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
Inflective language
(Philol.)
,
a language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf.
Agglutinative
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inflective

INFLECT'IVE

,
Adj.
Having the power of bending; as the inflective quality of the air.

Definition 2024

inflective

inflective

English

Adjective

inflective ‎(not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
  2. Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting.
    • Derham
      the inflective quality of the air

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