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Webster 1913 Edition


Inflate

In-flate′

,
p.
Adj.
[L.
inflatus
, p. p. of
inflare
to inflate; pref.
in-
in +
flare
to blow. See
Blow
to puff wind.]
Blown in; inflated.
Chaucer.

In-flate′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inflated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inflating
.]
1.
To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge;
as, to
inflate
a bladder; to
inflate
the lungs.
When passion’s tumults in the bosom rise,
Inflate
the features, and enrage the eyes.
J. Scott of Amwell.
2.
Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate;
as, to
inflate
one with pride or vanity
.
Inflate
themselves with some insane delight.
Tennyson.
3.
To cause to become unduly expanded or increased;
as, to
inflate
the currency
.

In-flate′

,
Verb.
I.
To expand; to fill; to distend.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inflate

INFLA'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. inflatus, from inflo; in and flo, to blow.]
1.
To swell or distend by injecting air; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
2.
To fill with the breath; to blow in.
3.
To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.

INFLA'TE


Definition 2024


inflate

inflate

English

Verb

inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)

  1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
    You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
    • J. Scott of Amwell
      When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
  2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
    The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
  3. (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
    to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
    • Tennyson
      Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
  4. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

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Latin

Participle

īnflāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of īnflātus

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