sufflate

Related to sufflate: boughten, suggest, elates

sufflate

(sʌˈfleɪt)

an archaic word for inflate

[C17: from Latin sufflāre from sub- + flāre blow]

sufˈflation n

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sufflate

Past participle: sufflated
Gerund: sufflating

Imperative
sufflate
sufflate

Present
I sufflate
you sufflate
he/she/it sufflates
we sufflate
you sufflate
they sufflate

Preterite
I sufflated
you sufflated
he/she/it sufflated
we sufflated
you sufflated
they sufflated

Present Continuous
I am sufflating
you are sufflating
he/she/it is sufflating
we are sufflating
you are sufflating
they are sufflating

Present Perfect
I have sufflated
you have sufflated
he/she/it has sufflated
we have sufflated
you have sufflated
they have sufflated

Past Continuous
I was sufflating
you were sufflating
he/she/it was sufflating
we were sufflating
you were sufflating
they were sufflating

Past Perfect
I had sufflated
you had sufflated
he/she/it had sufflated
we had sufflated
you had sufflated
they had sufflated

Future
I will sufflate
you will sufflate
he/she/it will sufflate
we will sufflate
you will sufflate
they will sufflate

Future Perfect
I will have sufflated
you will have sufflated
he/she/it will have sufflated
we will have sufflated
you will have sufflated
they will have sufflated

Future Continuous
I will be sufflating
you will be sufflating
he/she/it will be sufflating
we will be sufflating
you will be sufflating
they will be sufflating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sufflating
you have been sufflating
he/she/it has been sufflating
we have been sufflating
you have been sufflating
they have been sufflating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sufflating
you will have been sufflating
he/she/it will have been sufflating
we will have been sufflating
you will have been sufflating
they will have been sufflating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sufflating
you had been sufflating
he/she/it had been sufflating
we had been sufflating
you had been sufflating
they had been sufflating

Conditional
I would sufflate
you would sufflate
he/she/it would sufflate
we would sufflate
you would sufflate
they would sufflate

Past Conditional
I would have sufflated
you would have sufflated
he/she/it would have sufflated
we would have sufflated
you would have sufflated
they would have sufflated

References in periodicals archive ?

(To "sufflate" is to blow up, and to "fustigate" is to severely criticize--M-W.)