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Flect Flectere Latin Verb Meaning Bend Root Takes

word FLECT
meaning FLECT comes from flectere, the Latin verb meaning “to bend.” The root sometimes takes the form flex-. Things that are flexible can be bent, and when you flex a muscle, you're usually bending a limb—which, as a trainer at the gym will tell you, requires the use of flexor muscles.

Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:4, mwvb::unit:4:root, obsidian_to_anki

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