Meaning of TUMEFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'toomu`fI
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- [v] expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
- [v] cause to become very swollen
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| | Synonyms: | | intumesce, swell, swell up |
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| | See Also: | | belly, belly out, blister, bloat, blow up, distend, expand, puff, puff out, puff up, vesicate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tu"me*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tumefied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tumefying}.] [F. tum['e]fier, fr. L. tumere to swell +
-ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See
{Tumid}, and {-fy}.]
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.
To rise in a tumor; to swell.
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