Inflection: alternatives and connections

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also…

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the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

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A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

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A thundering; thunder.

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The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

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An example; a model; a pattern.

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The act of pluralizing.

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In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effec…

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Distress.

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The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Division; separation; putting away.

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The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or…

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The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Alt. of Divergency

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The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

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To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

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Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.

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Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.

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To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.

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To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.

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The act of bending, or state of being bent.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

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Inflection.

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The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

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That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

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