INFLATE

p. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
p.

Blown in; inflated. Chaucer.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.

4.
v.

To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

5.
v.

To expand; to fill; to distend.

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