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Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc..

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.

Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection..

Level :: Level (a.) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..

Masculine :: Masculine (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender..

Declension :: Declension (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases..

Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech..

Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..

Case :: Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word..

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.

Theme :: Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem..

Tone :: Tone (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.

Parisyllabical :: Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.

Termination :: Termination (n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.

Anaptotic :: Anaptotic (a.) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages..

Heteroclite :: Heteroclite (n.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension..

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

Accidence :: Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar..

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