Inflate

in-flaf, v. To swell or distend with air or gas; to blow into; to puff up, elate; to cause to become unduly expanded or increased. [L. in flare, — -flatum, in and fiare, to blow.] Inflate'', ed, a. Filled with air; distended; puffed up; bombastic. — Infia'tion, n. Act of, or state of being, etc. Inflect, in-Hekf, To bend, turn from a direct line or course. (Gram.) To vary (a noun or verb) in its terminations, decline, conjugate. To modulate (the voice). [L. inflect ere, -fiexum, in and fiectere. — to bend.] Inflection, -flexion, -flek's hun, Act of, or state of being, etc. a bend fold a slide or modulation of the voice in speaking. (Gram.) The variation of nouns, etc., by declension, and verbs by conjugation. (Mus.) Any modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. (Opt.) The deviation which light undergoes in pa ing the edges of an opaque body; diffraction.— Infleclional, a. Pert, to inflection. — Inflective, a. Capable of inflection.