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Webster 1913 Edition
Inflate
In-flate′
,p.
Adj.
Blown in; inflated.
Chaucer.
In-flate′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inflated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inflating
.] 1.
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.
2.
Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate;
as, to
. inflate
one with pride or vanityInflate
themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.
3.
To cause to become unduly expanded or increased;
as, to
. inflate
the currencyIn-flate′
,Verb.
I.
To expand; to fill; to distend.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inflate
INFLA'TE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To swell or distend by injecting air; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.2.
To fill with the breath; to blow in.3.
To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.INFLA'TE
Definition 2024
inflate
inflate
English
Verb
inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)
- (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
- J. Scott of Amwell
- When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
- (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
- (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
- to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
- Tennyson
- Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to enlarge the volume occupied by an object
|
to enlarge a volume
|
to decompress data
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Latin
Participle
īnflāte
- vocative masculine singular of īnflātus
References
- inflate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inflate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- INFLATE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inflate”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
