if a Person of a firm Conſtitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a ſign of weak Fibres
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Bloat
/bləʊt/
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accrueaccumulateadd toadvanceaggrandizeamplifyappreciateaugmentballoonbloatednessbloatingblotterblow upblowing upboomboozehoundboozerbreaking pointbreedbroaden
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12 entriesabdominal distensionabomasal tympanybudget bloatbureaucratic bloatcode bloatdata bloatdocumentation bloatedemagas distensionruminal tympanysoftware bloatsystem bloat
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1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise
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bloated herring
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In the UK, the fraction of electricity generated by nuclear plants has slid steadily downwards, from 25% in the 1990s to 16% in 2020. Of the five nuclear stations still producing power, only one will run beyond 2028. Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant in a generation, is being built in Somerset, but its cost has bloated to more than £25bn.
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