reinflatev.
/ˌriːɪnˈfleɪt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈfleɪt/ transitive. To inflate again.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [verb (transitive)] > inflate > again
reinflate1816
reflate1903
1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges v. 160 The skins can be re-inflated, in succession, at any time.
1870 Rep. U.S. Commissioners Paris Universal Expos. 1867 III. x. 344 The reservoir may be very quickly discharged and reinflated.
1929 Science 10 May 503/2 Inhalation of carbon dioxide is an effective means of..reinflating the pneumonic lung.
1968 Econ. Jrnl. 78 21 The rapidity with which unemployment climbed in 1962-62, when there was an unusually marked change of sentiment about the state of demand, is consistent with there having been a bubble of hoarded labour, subsequently reinflated.
1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) vi. 217 The tyre was reinflated from the truck's compressor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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