SUFFLATE

Etymology

Verb

sufflate (third-person singular simple present sufflates, present participle sufflating, simple past and past participle sufflated)

(transitive, archaic) inflate; blow up

Anagrams

• feastful

Source: Wiktionary


Suf*flate", v. t. Etym: [L. sufflatus, p.p. of sufflare to blow up, inflate; sub under + flare to blow.]

Definition: To blow up; to inflate; to inspire. [R.] T. Ward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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