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Webster 1913 Edition

Efflate

Ef-flate′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
efflatus
, p. p. of
efflare
to blow or breathe out;
ex
+
flare
to blow.]
To fill with breath; to puff up.
Sir T. Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition

Efflate

EFFLA'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. efflo.] To fill with breath or air. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

efflate

efflate

English

Verb

efflate ‎(third-person singular simple present efflates, present participle efflating, simple past and past participle efflated)

  1. To fill with breath; to puff up.
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Latin

Verb

efflāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of efflō

Etymology

From Latin efflatus, past participle of efflare ‎(“to blow or breathe out”), from ex + flare ‎(“to blow”).

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