insufflate
1 synonym for insufflate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To blow air into or onto something.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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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.
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