v. Obs. [f. L. sufflāt-, pa. ppl. stem of sufflāre, f. suf- = SUB- 25 + flāre to blow.] trans. To blow up, inflate; also fig.
1616. J. Lane, Contn. Sqr.s T., V. 110. As sensual vsurpers them sufflate.
1623. Cockeram, Sufflated, blowne up.
a. 1708. T. Ward, Eng. Ref., etc., III. (1710), 24. An inflamd-zeal-burning Mind Sufflated by the Holy-Wind.
1778. [W. H. Marshall], Min. Agric., 21 Feb. 1777. The same cow again sufflated by cabbages. Ibid. (1791), Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796), II. 299.