sufflate

[suh-fleyt]

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

to inflate.

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 blow² + -tus past participle suffix

Related formssuf·fla·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sufflate

sufflate

verb

an archaic word for inflate

Derived Formssufflation, noun

Word Origin for sufflate

C17: from Latin sufflāre from sub- + flāre blow

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