Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN'FLA'TION
IN'FLA'TION, n. [L. inflatio.]
- The act of inflating.
- The state of being distended with air injected or inhaled.
- The state of being puffed up, as with vanity.
- Conceit. – B. Jonson.
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