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inflation (s.xiii2/4)
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inflation (s.xiii2/4)

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inflacion,  inflacioun;  enflacion  
  FEW:  inflare 4,675a Gdf:  inflacion 4,579c / enflation 3,150b GdfC:  inflation 10,14a TL: inflacïon 4,1385 DEAF:  inflacion I250 DMF:  inflation  / enflation  TLF:  inflation  OED:  inflation n.  MED:  inflacioun n.  DMLBS:  inflatio 1358b

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med.swelling : 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si la enflacion de le esplen vient de melancolie, si est la cure itele [...]  A-N Med i 233
♦fig.(of pride) elation, outburst: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Despit [...] Naist d’une eructuacioun De l’estommac au deble issant, Du quelle par temptacioun A l’homme donne inflacioun D’orguil que dieu vait despisant  GOWER Mirour 2249

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See also:

enfleisun  enfler 
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