INFLATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle.

2.
n.

The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson.

3.
n.

Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.]