inflect

verb

• 1 Grammar change the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, and gender: Arabic verbs are inflected for person, number, and gender
• [no object] (of a word or language) undergo inflection: all of these words inflect irregularly

• 2vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice), especially to express mood or feeling: his slight voice, inflected with a token touch of grit
• vary the pitch of (a musical note).
• influence or colour (music or writing) in tone or style: her analysis may have been inflected by the upsurge of feminism [in combination]:blues-inflected bar rock

• 3 technical bend or deflect (something), especially inwards: particles readily inflect, deflect and jostle one another