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swelter |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr & vb n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. ``Sweltered cattle.'' --Coleridge. 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. t. 1. To oppress with heat. --Bentley. 2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: swelter v 1: be uncomfortably hot 2: suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
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