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tumefying |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tumefy \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.
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