3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swelt  \Swelt\,  v.  t. 
  To  overpower,  as  with  heat;  to  cause  to  faint;  to  swelter. 
  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.]  --Bp.  Hall. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swelt  \Swelt\,  obs. 
  imp.  of  {Swell}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swelt  \Swelt\,  v.  i.  [OE.  swelten  to  die,  to  swoon  or  faint,  AS 
  sweltan  to  die;  akin  to  OD  swelten  to  hunger,  to  fail  OS 
  sweltan  to  die,  Icel.  svelta  to  die,  to  hunger,  Sw  sv["a]lta 
  to  hunger,  Dan.  sulte,  Goth.  sviltan  to  die.  Cf  {Swelter}, 
  {Sweltry}.] 
  1.  To  die;  to  perish.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  To  faint;  to  swoon.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  Night  she  swelt  for  passing  joy.  --Spenser. 

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