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sufflate

[suh-fleyt]

verb (used with object), suf·flat·ed, suf·flat·ing.

to inflate.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin sufflātus (past participle of sufflāre to blow from below, blow up, inflate), equivalent to suf- suf- + flā(re) to blow² + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

suf·fla·tion, noun

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sufflate (sʌˈfleɪt)

—vb
	an archaic word for inflate

[C17: from Latin sufflāre from sub- + flāre blow]

suf'flation

—n

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