verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To fill with breath; to puff up. archaic

   "our common spirits, efflated by every vulgar breath"

Example

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"our common spirits, efflated by every vulgar breath"

Etymology

From Latin efflatus, past participle of efflare (“to blow or breathe out”), from ex + flare (“to blow”).

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