Inflate \In*flate"\, p. a. [L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to
inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See Blow to puff
wind.]
Blown in; inflated. --Chaucer.
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inflating.]
1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand;
to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the
lungs.
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When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J.
Scott of
Amwell.
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2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
with pride or vanity.
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Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
--Tennyson.
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3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to
inflate the currency.
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. i.
To expand; to fill; to distend.
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inflate
v 1: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: blow up]
[ant: deflate]
2: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn:
blow up, expand, amplify]
3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or
credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: deflate]
4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in
value; "inflate the currency" [ant: deflate]
5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon, billow]
WordNet (r) 2.0
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "inflate":
Barnumize, add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, bloat,
blow, blow up, bombast, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk,
bulk out, crescendo, develop, dilate, distend, enlarge, exaggerate,
exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, huff,
increase, jack up, jump up, lay it on, lengthen, magnify, maximize,
overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexpand, overextend,
overstrain, overstretch, parlay, pile it on, pontificate, puff,
puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, strain,
stretch, sufflate, swell, talk big, talk highfalutin, thicken, up,
vapor, widen
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
inflate vt. To decompress or puff a file. Rare among Internet
hackers, used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types.
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
inflate
deflate
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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