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Webster 1913 Edition
Bloat
Bloat
(blōt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bloated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bloating
.] [Cf. Icel.
blotna
to become soft, blautr
soft, wet, Sw. blöt
soft, blöta
to soak; akin to G. bloss
bare, and AS. bleát
wretched; or perh. fr. root of Eng. 5th blow
. Cf. Blote
.] 1.
To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
2.
To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
Dryden.
Bloat
,Verb.
I.
To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Arbuthnot.
Bloat
,Adj.
Bloated.
[R.]
Shak.
Bloat
,Noun.
A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
[Slang]
Webster 1828 Edition
Bloat
BLOAT
, v.t.[This word may be allied to bladder, from the sense of inflating, swelling.]1.
To swell or make turgid, as with air; to inflate; to puff up; hence, to make vain; followed by up, but without necessity. To bloat up with praise is less elegant than to bloat with praise.2.
To swell or make turgid with water, or other means; as a bloated limb. It is used to denote a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.BLOAT
,Verb.
I.
BLOAT
,Adj.