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insufflate

verb·Reference

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

Other meanings

2. verb

treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

3. verb

blow or breathe hard on or into

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