Inflatable
(In*flat"a*ble) a. That may be inflated.
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.
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.
When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
J. Scott of Amwell. 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
Tennyson. 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
Inflate
(In*flate"), v. i. To expand; to fill; to distend.
Inflated
(In*flat"ed) a.
1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.
Inflated and astrut with self- conceit.
Cowper. 3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn.
4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
Inflater
(In*flat"er) n. One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.
Inflatingly
(In*flat"ing*ly), adv. In a manner tending to inflate.
Inflation
(In*fla"tion) n. [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.]
