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suf⋅flate

[suh-fleyt]
–verb (used with object), -flat⋅ed, -flat⋅ing.
to inflate.

Origin:
1610–20; < L sufflātus (ptp. of sufflāre to blow from below, blow up, inflate), equiv. to suf- suf- + flā(re) to blow 2 + -tus ptp. suffix


suf⋅fla⋅tion, noun
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