sufflate

American

[suh-fleyt] / səˈfleɪt /

verb (used with object)

sufflated, sufflating

to inflate.

sufflate British

/ sʌˈfleɪt /

verb

an archaic word for inflate

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Derived 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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