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.)
Defn: Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn.
4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
INFLATER
In*flat"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.
INFLATINGLY
In*flat"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a manner tending to inflate.
INFLATION
In*fla"tion, n. Etym: [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.]