Insufflate

[insәfleit]

Definition

(verb.) blow or breathe hard on or into.

(verb.) treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity.

(verb.) breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit.

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Definition

v.t. to breathe on.—ns. Insufflā′tion the art of breathing on anything or of blowing air to induce respiration as into the mouth of a newborn child esp. as a symbol of the outpouring of the Holy Ghost; In′sufflātor a form of injector for forcing air into a furnace.

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