Inflated \In*flat"ed\, a.

1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.

Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. --Cowper.

3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. --Martyn.

4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J. Scott of Amwell.

2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.

Inflate themselves with some insane delight. --Tennyson.

3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)