Inflate

Inflate - Other Definitions

• (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.
  
  
• (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
  
  
• (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
  
  
• (v. t.) To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
  
  
• (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.