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/ɪnflˈeɪtəd/ /ɪnflˈeɪtɪd/ Listen

verb

Inflate v. t. (past & past part. inflated; pres. part. inflating)

To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. "When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes."

Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. "Inflate themselves with some insane delight."

To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

Inflate v. i. To expand; to fill; to distend.

adjective

Inflated adj.

Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. "Inflated and astrut with self-conceit."

(Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.

Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause; as, inflated prices; inflated expectations, etc.

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Etymology of 'Inflated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inflated" Quotes from Famous Books

... most of them the great thing in music—so he declared—was the volume of sound, just a musical noise. The pleasure of singing so potent in Germany was in some sort a pleasure of vocal gymnastics. It was just a matter of being inflated with air and then letting it go vigorously, powerfully, for a long time together and rhythmically.—And by way of compliment he accorded a certain great singer a certificate of good health. He was not content with flaying the artists. He strode over the ...

— Jean-Christophe, Vol. I • Romain Rolland

... other fellow, you know, I forget his name— ever put pen to—why, your mother is herself a poem! neatly made up, rounded off at the corners, French-polished and all shipshape. Ha! you needn't go an' shelter yourself under her wings, wi' your inflated, up in the clouds, reef-point patterin', ...

— Blown to Bits - The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago • R.M. Ballantyne

... lifeboat," Dick answered. One of those useful craft was aboard the airship. It could be inflated with air, and would sustain a ...

— Dick Hamilton's Airship - or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds • Howard R. Garis

... I inflated a rubber balloon and set it adrift. The idea was that in free fall the balloon would drift slowly in the direction of the leak. This was the first thing I did after I had discovered the trouble. I mean it was the first ...

— Last Resort • Stephen Bartholomew

... the police came, much inflated with the dignity of so great a capture, and took down our statement. 'Do you give yourself in charge on a confession of forgery?' the superintendent asked, ...

— Miss Cayley's Adventures • Grant Allen

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