Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - inflate
Inflate
inflate
v.tr. 1 distend (a balloon etc.) with air. 2 (usu. foll. by with; usu. in passive) puff up (a person with pride etc.). 3 a (often absol.) bring about inflation (of the currency). b raise (prices) artificially. 4 (as inflated adj.) (esp. of language, sentiments, etc.) bombastic. Derivatives inflatedly adv. inflatedness n. inflater n. inflator n. Etymology: L inflare inflat- (as IN-(2), flare blow)
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verb (~d; inflating) see: blow Date: 15th century transitive verb to swell or distend with air or gas , to puff up ; elate , to expand or increase abnormally or imprudently, intransitive verb to become ~d, see: expand inflator or ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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