inflate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin īnflātus, perfect passive participle of īnflō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of inblow. === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭn-flāt' (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfleɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈflæɪt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ənˈflæɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Verb === inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated) (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas). (figurative) To swell; to puff up. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated. (figurative, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate. ==== Antonyms ==== deflate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inflation ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Participle === īnflāte vocative masculine singular of īnflātus === Adverb === īnflātē (comparative īnflātius, superlative īnflātissimē) haughtily, proudly, pompously === References === “inflate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “inflate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "inflate", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “inflate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Verb === inflate second-person singular voseo imperative of inflar combined with te