1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle.
2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson.
3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; — said of currency. [U.S.]
INFLATIONIST
In*fla"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.
[U.S.]
INFLATUS
In*fla"tus, n. Etym: [L. See Inflate, v. t.]
Defn: A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable inflatus.
Mrs. Browning.
INFLECT
In*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inflecting.] Etym: [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere
to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle Sir I. Newton.
2. (Gram.)