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insufflate.

To breathe or blow into or on.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/
  1. To breathe or blow into or on.

    transitive
  2. To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.

    transitive
  3. To inhale (a powder etc.).

    transitive
  4. To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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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