Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Inflating"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inflating}.]
1. 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. --J. Scott of
Amwell.

2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
with pride or vanity.

Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
--Tennyson.

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

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