Inblow
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or process of blowing in or into; inflation.
"During the full gasification stage, after piercing has been effected, the enlargement of the cracks requires a progressively increasing inblow."
- 2 That which is blown in.
- 1 To blow into; puff up; inflate. transitive
- 2 To breathe into; inspire. transitive
"Then the spiritual and sensory faculties follow the creation of this partial spirit that is inblown by way of tawḥīd, for He says, I blew [15:29]. As for the spirit of Jesus, it is inblown through bringing together and manyness, for within him are the faculties ..."
- 3 To blow in. intransitive
Example
More examples"Then the spiritual and sensory faculties follow the creation of this partial spirit that is inblown by way of tawḥīd, for He says, I blew [15:29]. As for the spirit of Jesus, it is inblown through bringing together and manyness, for within him are the faculties ..."
Etymology
From Middle English inblowen, from Old English inblāwan (“to inspire, breathe upon, inflate, puff up”), equivalent to in- + blow. Doublet of inflate.
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