The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inflate \In*flate"\, p. a. [L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to
   inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See Blow to puff
   wind.]
   Blown in; inflated. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Inflating.]
   1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand;
      to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the
      lungs.
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            When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
            Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J.
                                                  Scott of
                                                  Amwell.
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   2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
      with pride or vanity.
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            Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to
      inflate the currency.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inflate \In*flate"\, v. i.
   To expand; to fill; to distend.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inflate
    v 1: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
         [syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify]
    2: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: inflate,
       blow up] [ant: deflate]
    3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or
       credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: deflate]
    4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in
       value; "inflate the currency" [ant: deflate]
    5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
       inflate, billow]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

deflate
deflate compression
deflate/inflate compression
inflate

    A compression standard derived
   from LZ77; it is reportedly used in zip, gzip, PKZIP,
   and png, among others.

   Unlike LZW, deflate compression does not use patented
   compression algorithms.

   Used as a verb to mean to compress (not decompress!) a file
   which has been compressed using deflate compression.  The
   opposite, inflate, means to decompress data which has been
   deflated.

   Deflate is described in RFC 1951.

   (1997-06-21)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

inflate
 vt.

    To decompress or puff a file. Rare among Internet hackers, used primarily
    by MS-DOS/Windows types.