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Webster 1913 Edition


Unswell

Un-swell′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
swell
.]
To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


unswell

unswell

English

Verb

unswell (third-person singular simple present unswells, present participle unswelling, simple past unswelled, past participle unswollen)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To cease from swelling; sink from a swollen state; subside.
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