inflect

v., -flect·ed, -flect·ing, -flects.

v.tr.

1. To alter (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate.
2. Grammar. To alter (a word) by inflection.
3. To turn from a course or a specified alignment; bend.

v.intr. Grammar

1. To be modified by inflection.
2. To give all of the inflected forms of a word; to provide a paradigm.

[Middle English inflecten, to bend down, from Latin īnflectere : in-, in; see in-² + flectere, to bend.]

inflective in·flec'tive adj.
inflector in·flec'tor n.

IN BRIEF: To change or vary the pitch of, as in the voice.

Her voice coach asked her to inflect that part of the song with more emotion.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

Meaning #2: of one's speech, varying the pitch
  Synonym: modulate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - modulere, bøje
v. intr. - blive bøjet

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbuigen, vervoegen, verbogen/vervoegd worden

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Ling) conjuguer, décliner, moduler (la voix), (Mus) altérer, (in)fléchir (un rayon)
v. intr. - (Ling) prendre une marque flexionnelle, décliner

Deutsch (German)
v. - beugen, flektieren, modulieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αλλάζω τόνο φωνής, (γραμμ.) κλίνω (λέξη)

Italiano (Italian)
flettere, modulare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - modular (a voz), declinar ou conjugar (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
сгибать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - declinar, conjugar, modular
v. intr. - estar caracterizado por la inflexión

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - böja (äv. gram.), deklinera (gram.), konjugera (gram.), modulera (röst), höja (mus.), sänka (mus.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弯曲, 改变, 使屈曲, 发生弯曲变化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 彎曲, 改變, 使屈曲
v. intr. - 發生彎曲變化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 굴곡 시키다, 어미변화를 시키다, (음성을) 조절하다
v. intr. - (낱말이) 활용하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 曲げる, 調子を変える, 屈折する, 変化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يثني, يصرف فعلا, يعطف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שינה את גובה הקול, היטה (מלה), נטה פנימה, התעקם‬
v. intr. - ‮הוטתה (מילה)‬

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