v. Obs. exc. Hist. [f. L. exsufflāt- ppl. stem of exsufflāre, f. ex- out + sufflāre to blow up, f. sub- up + flāre to blow.] trans. To blow out, blow away, also spec.: see EXSUFFLATION 2.
1666. G. Harvey, Morb. Angl. (1672), iv. 44. Volatil salts … being exufflated to the heart produce syncopees.
1884. E. B. Tylor, in Science, IV. 547. The exorcising such a demon is practised by white men as a religious rite, even including the act of exsufflating it, or blowing it away.
