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insufflate

DEFINITIONS OF: insufflate

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v blow or breathe hard on or into

Type of:
blow
exhale hard

v treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

Type of:
care for, treat
provide treatment for

v breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit

Type of:
administer
perform (a church sacrament) ritually
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