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   Inflate, 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.”
   
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   When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
   
   Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. J. Scott of Amwell.
   
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   2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, “to inflate one with pride or vanity”.
   
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   Inflate themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.
   
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   3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, “to inflate the currency”.
   
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   Inflated (?), a.
   1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, “a balloon inflated with gas”.
   
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   2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, “an inflated style”.
   
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   Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. Cowper.
   
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   3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.  Martyn.
   
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   4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause; as, “inflated prices; inflated expectations, etc.”
   
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