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efflates

efflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of efflate.

Meaning of efflate

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To fill with breath; to puff up.
    • our common spirits, efflated by every vulgar breath1634, 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

Questions about efflates

What is efflates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Efflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of efflate.

Words near efflates in the dictionary

  1. efflagitate
  2. efflagitates
  3. efflagitation
  4. efflagitations
  5. efflate
  6. efflates
  7. efflation
  8. efflations
  9. Effler
  10. Efflers
  11. effleurage

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