sufflate

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verb

To inflate; to blow up.

OriginLatin sufflare →
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Meanings

verbsufflate (third-person singular simple present sufflates, present participle sufflating, simple past and past participle sufflated)

present singular third person sufflates · participle present sufflating · participle past sufflated · past sufflated

  1. archaictransitiveTo inflate; to blow up.

Origin

  1. Latinsufflare
  2. Englishsufflate

From Latin sufflare, from sub- + flare (“to blow”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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

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