sufflate

[ suh-fleyt ]

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

Origin of sufflate

1
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

Other words from sufflate

  • suf·fla·tion, noun

Words Nearby sufflate

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for sufflate

sufflate

/ (sʌˈfleɪt) /


verb
  1. an archaic word for inflate

Origin of sufflate

1
C17: from Latin sufflāre from sub- + flāre blow

Derived forms of sufflate

  • sufflation, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012