exsufflate

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verb

To exorcise or renounce by blowing.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbexsufflate (third-person singular simple present exsufflates, present participle exsufflating, simple past and past participle exsufflated)

present singular third person exsufflates · participle present exsufflating · participle past exsufflated · past exsufflated

  1. obsoleteTo exorcise or renounce by blowing.

Origin

From Latin exsufflare (“to blow at or upon”); ex (“out”) + sufflare. See sufflate.

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APA

exsufflate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsufflate

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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