TUMEFIES

Verb

tumefies

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tumefy

Source: Wiktionary


TUMEFY

Tu"me*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumefying.] Etym: [F. tuméfier, fr. L. tumere to swell + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See Tumid, and -fy.]

Definition: To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up. To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought. De Quincey.

Tu"me*fy, v. i.

Definition: To rise in a tumor; to swell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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