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in⋅flat⋅ed

  [in-fley-tid]
Use inflated in a Sentence
–adjective
1. distended with air or gas; swollen.
2. puffed up, as with pride.
3. turgid or bombastic: his inflated prose.
4. unduly increased in level: inflated costs.
5. Economics. unduly expanded in amount, value, or size; characterized by inflation.
6. Botany. hollow and enlarged or swelled out: inflated perianth.
Origin:
1645–55; inflate + -ed 2

Related forms:
in⋅flat⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
in⋅flat⋅ed⋅ness, noun

in⋅flate

  [in-fleyt] verb, -flat⋅ed, -flat⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
2. to cause to expand or distend with air or gas: to inflate a balloon.
3. to puff up with pride, satisfaction, etc.
4. to elate.
5. Economics. to expand (money, prices, an economy, etc.) unduly in amount, value, or size; affect with inflation.
–verb (used without object)
6. to become inflated.
7. to increase, esp. suddenly and substantially: The $10 subscription has inflated to $25.
Origin:
1470–80; < L inflātus ptp. of inflāre to blow on or into, puff out, equiv. to in- in- 2 + flā- blow 2 + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
in⋅flat⋅er, in⋅fla⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. See expand.

Antonyms:
1. deflate.
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in·flate   (ĭn-flāt')   
v.   in·flat·ed, in·flat·ing, in·flates

v.   tr.

  1. To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell.

    1. To enlarge or amplify unduly or improperly; aggrandize.

    2. To raise or expand abnormally or improperly. See Synonyms at exaggerate.

  3. To cause (a currency or an economy) to undergo inflation.

v.   intr.
To become inflated.

[Middle English inflaten, from Latin īnflāre, īnflāt- : in-, in; see in-2 + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
in·fla'tor, in·flat'er n.
in·flat·ed   (ĭn-flā'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Filled or expanded by or as if by gas or air.

  2. Unduly enlarged or aggrandized; swollen: an inflated estimate; an inflated ego.

  3. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic.

  4. Raised or expanded to abnormal levels: an inflated economy; inflated wages.

  5. Hollow and enlarged: an inflated calyx.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·flate
Pronunciation: in-'flAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: in·flat·ed; in·flat·ing
transitive senses
: to swell or distend with air or gas <inflate the lungs> inflate intransitive senses
: to become inflated —in·fla·tion /in-'flA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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