inflate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin īnflātus, from the verb īnflō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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.
- 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting
- 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
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
- Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
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Translations[edit]
to enlarge the volume occupied by an object
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to enlarge a volume
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to enlarge by filling with gas
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Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
īnflāte
Adverb[edit]
īnflātē (comparative īnflātius, superlative īnflātissimē)
References[edit]
- 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)
- inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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