Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fill with breath or air; inflate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To fill with breath; to puff up.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To fill with breath; to puff up.
Etymologies
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Latin efflatus, past participle of efflare to blow or breathe out; ex + flare to blow.
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