1. (v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

2. (v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.

3. (v. t.) To modulate, as the voice.

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