Definitions

1. adjective

Tending to cause the size or amount of something to increase

“The inflative policies of the government led to rising inflation rates.”

2. noun

A language or language family characterized by inflative processes such as the use of suffixes to indicate grammatical cases

“Many linguists have studied the inflative languages of Eastern Europe.”

3. adjective

Tending to cause something to become inflated or puffed up

“The inflative material in the balloon made it lift off the ground.”