v. Obs. [f. L. sufflāt-, pa. ppl. stem of sufflāre, f. suf- = SUB- 25 + flāre to blow.] trans. To blow up, inflate; also fig.

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1616.  J. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T., V. 110. As sensual vsurpers them sufflate.

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1623.  Cockeram, Sufflated, blowne up.

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a. 1708.  T. Ward, Eng. Ref., etc., III. (1710), 24. An inflam’d-zeal-burning Mind Sufflated by the Holy-Wind.

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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.

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