insufflate
Verb
- breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
- treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
- blow or breathe hard on or into
- To breathe or blow into or on.
- To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
- To inhale (a powder etc.).
- To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.
Origin / Etymology
From the past participle stem of Latin īnsufflāre, from in- + sufflāre (“blow on”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
insufflate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinsufflate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
insufflate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
insufflate: valid Words With Friends Word