insufflate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=suf=flate

CIDE DICTIONARY

insufflate, a. [See Insufflation.].

 To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

insufflate, v.tr.
1 Med. a blow or breathe (air, gas, powder, etc.) into a cavity of the body etc. b treat (the nose etc.) in this way.
2 Theol. blow or breathe on (a person) to symbolize spiritual influence.

Derivative

insufflation n.

Etymology

LL insufflare insufflat- (as IN-(2), sufflare blow upon)