"reflate" meaning in All languages combined

See reflate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: reflates [present, singular, third-person], reflating [participle, present], reflated [participle, past], reflated [past]
Etymology: From re- + (in)flate, on the basis of deflate. Equivalent to Latin re- + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|re-|inflate|alt2=(in)flate}} re- + (in)flate, {{af|en|re-|flō|-ate|id3=verb|lang1=la|lang2=la|pos3=verb-forming suffix|t2=blow}} Latin re- + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} reflate (third-person singular simple present reflates, present participle reflating, simple past and past participle reflated)
  1. To reinflate, to inflate again.
    Sense id: en-reflate-en-verb-uL9~gb3G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (economics) To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level. Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-reflate-en-verb-O~i5fX~C Topics: economics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reinflate Derived forms: reflation

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020, Benigno, Pierpaolo, “A Central Bank Theory of Price Level Determination”, in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, volume 12, number 3, →DOI, page 261 of 258-283:",
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