In*flat"er (?), n. One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters
of the stock exchange.
In*flat"ing*ly, adv. In a manner tending to inflate.
In*fla"tion (?), n. [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.] 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.]
In*fla"tion*ist, n. One who favors an increased or very large issue of
paper money. [U.S.]
||In*fla"tus (?), n. [L. See Inflate, v. t.] A blowing or breathing
||into; inflation; inspiration.
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The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable
inflatus.
Mrs. Browning.
In*flect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inflecting.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in- in + flectere to bend.
See Flexible, 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.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to
decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.