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tumefy

Verb (usu participle)

tu=me=fy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Derived form noun tumefaction₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

tumefy(v = verb.change) intumesce, swell, swell up, tumesce - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

is one way to expand

Derived form noun tumefaction₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

tumefy, v. t. [F. tuméfier, 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. [1913 Webster]

"To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought." [1913 Webster]

tumefy, v. i.

To rise in a tumor; to swell. [1913 Webster]

tumefy, v. (-ies, -ied)
1 intr. swell, inflate; be inflated.
2 tr. cause to do this.

Derivative

tumefacient adj. tumefaction n.

Etymology

F tum{eacute}fier f. L tumefacere f. tumere swell

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