inflect
verb (used with object)
to alter, adapt, or modulate (the voice).
have inflected
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present perfectof inflect.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, most of us, in the same rallies and articles condemning the murderer, insisted on warning against the Islamophobia that Jeltsen suggests may have inflected the case.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2018
Mourning a president’s death is not much like mourning an individual’s death; even for Jackie, the public spectacle must have inflected and shaped the private grief.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2013
