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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