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insufflate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1670; borrowed from Latin īnsufflātus, perfect passive participle of īnsufflō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from in- + sufflō (“to blow on”). Cognate with French insuffler.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
  2. (transitive) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
  3. (transitive) To inhale (a powder etc.).
    • 2001: Cocaine is usually taken by insufflating the white powdered cocaine sulphate into the nose, which leads to rapid absorption of the drug into the bloodstream. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 98)
  4. (transitive) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
insufflated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
insufflated Tense=Past lexicographic
insufflating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
insufflates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

insufflation · insufflator · autoinsufflate · autoinsufflation

Synonyms

snort