different between insufflate vs inflate

English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin ?nsuffl?re, from in- + suffl?re (“blow on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns?fle?t/

Verb

insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated)

1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
2. (transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
3. (transitive, medicine) To inhale (a powder etc.).
   • 2001: Cocaine is usually taken by insufflating the white powdered cocaine sulphate into the nose, which leads to rapid absorption of the drug into the bloodstream. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 98)

   Synonym: snort

4. (transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Related terms

Italian

Verb

insufflate

1. second-person plural present indicative of insufflare
2. second-person plural imperative of insufflare

Participle

insufflate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of insufflare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.suf?fla?.te/, [??s??f?f??ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.suf?fla.te/, [insuf?fl??t??]

Verb

?nsuffl?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?nsuffl?

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nfl?tus, from the verb ?nfl?.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ?n-fl?t', IPA^(key): /?n?fle?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)

1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
   • 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting

     When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.

2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

3. (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien

     Inflate themselves with some insane delight.

4. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

Antonyms

• deflate

Derived terms

• inflated
• inflatingly

Related terms

• inflation

Translations

Latin

Participle

?nfl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nfl?tus

Adverb

?nfl?t? (comparative ?nfl?tius, superlative ?nfl?tissim?)

1. 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette