sufflate

[suh-fleyt]

verb (used with object)

sufflated, sufflating 

1. to inflate.

sufflate

/ sʌˈfleɪt /

verb

1. an archaic word for inflate

Other Word Forms

• sufflation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sufflate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sufflate¹

C17: from Latin sufflāre from _sub- + flāre blow

Example Sentences

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

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