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sufflate

American  
[suh-fleyt] / səˈfleɪt /

verb (used with object)

sufflated, sufflating

  1. to inflate.

sufflate British  
/ sʌˈfleɪt /

verb

  1. an archaic word for inflate

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Other Word Forms

  • sufflation noun

Etymology

Origin of sufflate

1610–20; < Latin sufflātus (past participle of sufflāre to blow from below, blow up, inflate), equivalent to suf- suf- + flā ( re ) to blow 2 + -tus past participle suffix

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Sufflate, suf-flāt′, v.t. to blow up, inflate.—n.

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