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sufflate

sufflate verb: to inflate; to blow up.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, transitive) To inflate; to blow up.

Forms of sufflate

third-person singular presentsufflates
present participlesufflating
past participlesufflated
pastsufflated

Origin of sufflate

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

Questions about sufflate

What does sufflate mean?
Sufflate means to inflate; to blow up.
What part of speech is sufflate?
Sufflate is a verb.
What is the past tense of sufflate?
The past tense of sufflate is sufflated.

Words near sufflate in the dictionary

  1. suffixoids
  2. sufflaminate
  3. sufflaminated
  4. sufflaminates
  5. sufflaminating
  6. sufflate
  7. sufflated
  8. sufflates
  9. sufflating
  10. sufflation
  11. sufflations

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