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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inflated \In*flat"ed\, a. 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up distended; as a balloon inflated with gas. 2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up bombastic; pompous; as an inflated style. Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. --Cowper. 3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. --Martyn. 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as inflated prices, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflated}; p. pr & vb n. {Inflating}.] 1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J. Scott of Amwell. 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up to elate; as to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. --Tennyson. 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as to inflate the currency. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inflated adj 1: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style" [syn: {exaggerated}, {hyperbolic}] 2: expanded by (or as if by) gas or air; "an inflated balloon" [ant: {deflated}] 3: (informal) pretentious; "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-flying dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" [syn: {high-flown}, {high-flying}, {high-sounding}] 4: increased especially to abnormal levels; "the raised prices frightened away customers"; "inflated wages"; "an inflated economy" [syn: {raised(a)}]
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