insufflare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to blow (the breath)
  2. (intransitive) to blow [with in ‘into/on a balloon, a wind instrument, etc.’]
  3. (transitive) to insufflate (oxygen, etc.)
  4. (figuratively, rare, transitive) to inspire, to arouse (vigor, hate, doubt, suspicion, etc.)

Hyphenated as
in‧suf‧flà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/in.sufˈfla.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsufflāre.

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