upblow

Definition

To inflate.

Etymology

From Middle English upblowen, equivalent to up- + blow.

Example Sentences

• "1525, uncredited translator, The noble experyence of the vertuous handy warke of surgeri by Brunschwig, Hieronymus, London, Chapter 48 “Of the wounde in the brest,” […] the pacyent hath heuynes and vpblowynge in the syde […]"
• "And by his side rode loathsome Gluttony, Deformed creature, on a filthie swyne, His belly was vpblowne with luxury;"
• "With Wine inflated, Man is all upblown, And feels a Power which he believes his own;"