<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to alter, adapt, or modulate (the voice)</li><li>to alter or adapt in tone or character</li><li>to apply inflection to (a word)</li><li>to recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word); decline or conjugate</li><li>to bend; turn from a direct line or course</li><li>(Botany) to bend in</li><li>(used without object) to be characterized by inflection</li></ul>