transitive verb inflated, inflating
- to blow full or swell out as with air or gas; distend; expand; dilate
- to raise in spirits; make proud or elated
- to increase or raise beyond what is normal or valid
- to cause inflation of (money, credit, etc.)
Origin:
< L inflatus, pp. of inflare, to blow into, inflate < in-, in + flare, to blow
intransitive verb
to become inflated; swell