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Webster 1913 Edition
Tumefy
Tu′me-fy
(tū′mē̍-fī)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tumefied
(tū′mē̍-fīd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tumefying
.] [F.
tuméfier
, 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
,Verb.
I.
To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tumefy
TU'MEFY
,Verb.
T.
To swell, or cause to swell.
TU'MEFY
,Verb.
I.