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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Distended or enlarged fictitiously; <as>as, <ex>inflated</ex> prices, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Inflater</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flat"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, inflates; <as>as, the <ex>inflaters</ex> of the stock exchange</as>.</def>

<h1>Inflatingly</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flat"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner tending to inflate.</def>

<h1>Inflation</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*fla"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inflatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inflation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Inflationist</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*fla"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Inflatus</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*fla"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Inflate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.</def>

<blockquote>The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable <b>inflatus</b>. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inflect</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inflected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inflecting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>inflectere</ets>, <ets>inflexum</ets>; pref. <ets>in</ets>.- in + <ets>flectere</ets> to bend. See <er>Flexibl</er>, and cf. <er>Inflex</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.</def>

<blockquote>Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and <b>inflected</b> by one and the same principle ? <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To modulate, as the voice.</def>

<h1>Inflected</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flect"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bent; turned; deflected.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective.</def>

<cs><col>Inflected cycloid</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a prolate cycloid. See <er>Cycloid</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Inflection</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inflexio</ets> : cf. F. <ets>inflexion</ets>. See <er>Inflect</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>inflecxion</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.</def>