noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of blowing in or into; inflation.
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noun
The act or process of blowing in or into; inflation.
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noun
That which is blown in.
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verb
To blow into; puff up; inflate.
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verb
To breathe into; inspire.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To blow in.
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Usage: intransitive
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History
From Middle English inblowen, from Old English inblāwan (“to inspire, breathe upon, inflate, puff up”), equivalent to in- + blow. Doublet of inflate.