Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tumefy"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tumefy
v 1: cause to become very swollen
2: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are
swelling" [syn: {swell}, {swell up}, {intumesce}]
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