01 a. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
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Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
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Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.“Inflated and astrut with self-conceit.” — Cowper.
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Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.(Bot.)
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Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause; as, inflated prices; inflated expectations, etc.