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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

inflect bend XV; (gram.) vary the termination of XVII; modulate the tone of XIX. — L. inflectere, f. IN-1 + flectere bend. inflection, inflexion bending, curvature XVI; modulation of voice XVI; (gram.) modification of form in declension, etc. XVII. — (O)F. or L. (see FLEXION).

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