† inflativeadj.
Obsolete.
Of inflating quality or tendency.
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1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. P ij The substance of all pulse is inflative [L. inflativa] and harde of digestion.
1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) sig. G2v The inflative instrument, for the giving of a fumous medicine.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 925 The distilled water of common Wasps..applied to the belly it makes it swell as if it had the Dropsie..it may be concluded that their venome is exceeding hot and inflative.
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