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Webster 1913 Edition
Inflation
In-fla′tion
,Noun.
[L.
inflatio
: cf. F. inflation
.] 1.
The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
Boyle.
2.
The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inflation
INFLA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The state of being distended with air injected or inhaled.2.
The state of being puffed up, as with vanity.3.
Conceit.