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tumefy


  2  definitions  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tumefy  \Tu"me*fy\,  v.  i. 
  To  rise  in  a  tumor;  to  swell. 




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