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SUFFLAMINATE

\sʌflˈamɪnˌe͡ɪt], \sʌflˈamɪnˌe‍ɪt], \s_ʌ_f_l_ˈa_m_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of SUFFLAMINATE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise.
Hence, to stop; to impede.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

suf-flam'i-n[=a]t, v.t. (obs.) to impede. [L. sufflamin[=a]re, -[=a]tum--suffl[=a]men, a clog.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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