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TUMEFY
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
(verb) expand abnormally; “The bellies of the starving children are swelling”
tumefy
(verb) cause to become very swollen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tumefy (third-person singular simple present tumefies, present participle tumefying, simple past and past participle tumefied)
(transitive) To cause to swell.
(intransitive) To swell; to rise into a tumour.
Source: Wiktionary
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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