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English
Etymology
From Latin efflatus, past participle of efflare (“to blow or breathe out”), from ex + flare (“to blow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
efflate (third-person singular simple present efflates, present participle efflating, simple past and past participle efflated)
- (archaic) To fill with breath; to puff up.
1634, T H, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, , London: William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:our common spirits, efflated by every vulgar breath
References
“efflate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
efflāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of efflō