In*flam"er (?n-flm\'b6?r), n. The person or thing that inflames.
Addison.
In*flam"ma*bil"l*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. inflammabilite.] Susceptibility of
taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
In*flam"ma*ble (?), a. [CF. F. inflammable.] 1. Capable of being easily
set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or
spirits.
2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable
temper.
Inflammable air, the old chemical name for hydrogen.
In*flam"ma*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being inflammable;
inflammability. Boyle.
In*flam"ma*bly (n*flm"m*bl), adv. In an inflammable manner.
In*flam*ma"tion (n*flm*m"shn), n. [L. inflammatio: cf. F. inflammation.
See Inflame.] 1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire;
also, the state of being inflamed. "The inflammation of fat." Wilkins.
2. (Med.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in
congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current,
and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and
swelling, attended with heat and pain.
3. Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an
inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties. Hooker.
In*flam"ma*tive (?), a. Inflammatory.
In*flam"ma*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.] 1. Tending to inflame,
kindle, or irritate.
2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious;
as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. Burke.
3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and
excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.
Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy. --
Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation.
In*flat"a*ble (?), a. That may be inflated.
In*flate" (?), p. a. [L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to inflate; pref.
in- in + flare to blow. See Blow to puff wind.] Blown in; inflated.
Chaucer.
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.
In*flate", v. i. To expand; to fill; to distend.
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.