efflate

E1F4F4L1A1T1E1
/ɪˈfleɪt/

verb

To fill with breath; to puff up.

OriginLatin efflatus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbefflate (third-person singular simple present efflates, present participle efflating, simple past and past participle efflated)

present singular third person efflates · participle present efflating · participle past efflated · past efflated

  1. archaicTo fill with breath; to puff up.

    our common spirits, efflated by every vulgar breath

    1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinefflatus
  2. Englishefflate

From Latin efflatus, past participle of efflare (“to blow or breathe out”), from ex + flare (“to blow”).

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APA

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MLA

“efflate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/efflate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “efflate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/efflate.

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