Definition for IN'FLA'TION

IN'FLA'TION, n. [L. inflatio.]

  1. The act of inflating.
  2. The state of being distended with air injected or inhaled.
  3. The state of being puffed up, as with vanity.
  4. Conceit. – B. Jonson.

Return to page 95 of the letter “I”.