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1. Exaggerate or make bigger
   "The charges were inflated";
   - blow up, expand, amplify
    
2. Fill with gas or air
   "inflate a balloon";
   - blow up
    
3. Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
   "The war inflated the economy"
    
4. Become inflated
   "The sails inflated";
   - balloon, billow

Derived forms: inflated, inflating, inflates

Type of: alter, change, expand, increase, modify

Antonym: deflate

Encyclopedia: Inflate