To bend; turn from a direct line or course.In grammar, to vary, as a noun or verb, by change of form, especially in regard to endings; decline, as a noun or adjective, or conjugate, as a verb; more specifically, to denote a change of office in (words), not by added elements only, but more or less by alteration of the stem or root itself.To modulate, as the voice.To receive inflection; undergo grammatical changes of form.