sufflate

sufflate
sufflation, n.
/seuh flayt"/, v.t., sufflated, sufflating.
to inflate.
[1610-20; < L sufflatus (ptp. of sufflare to blow from below, blow up, inflate), equiv. to suf- SUF- + fla(re) to BLOW2 + -tus ptp. suffix]

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