Inflesh
(In*flesh") v. t. To incarnate.
Inflex
(In*flex") v. t. [Cf. Flex, Inflect.] To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
J. Philips.
Inflexed
(In*flexed") a.
1. Turned; bent. Feltham.
2. (Bot.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.
Inflexibility
(In*flex"i*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. inflexibilité.] The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable
of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending
pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
The inflexibility of mechanism.
A. Baxter.
That grave inflexibility of soul.
Churchill.
The purity and inflexibility of their faith.
T. Warton. Inflexible
(In*flex"i*ble) a. [L. inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See In- not, and Flexible.]
1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
"Inflexibleas steel."
Miltom.
A man of upright and inflexible temper . . . can overcome all private fear.
Addison. 3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
The nature of things is inflexible.
I. Watts. Syn. — — Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.
Inflexibleness
(In*flex"i*ble*ness), n. The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
Inflexibly
(In*flex"i*bly), adv. In an inflexible manner.
Inflexion
(In*flex"ion) n. Inflection.
Inflexive
(In*flex"ive) a.
1. Inflective.
"Inflexive endings."
W. E. Jelf.
