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Webster 1913 Edition


Inflated

In-flat′ed

,
Adj.
1.
Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended;
as, a balloon
inflated
with gas
.
2.
Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous;
as, an
inflated
style
.
Inflated
and astrut with self-conceit.
Cowper.
3.
(Bot.)
Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.
Martyn.
4.
Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause;
as,
inflated
prices;
inflated
expectations, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inflated

INFLA'TED

,
Adj.
In botany, puffed; hollow and distended; as a perianth, corol, nectary, or pericarp.

INFLA'TED

,
pp.
Swelled or distended with air; puffed up.