Definition of inflate

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Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..

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Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up..
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish..
Inflater :: Inflater (n.) One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange..
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods..
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Outblown :: Outblown (a.) Inflated with wind.
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound..
Inflate :: Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.
Piffara :: Piffara (n.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir..
Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
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