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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. cause to become very swollen;

2. expand abnormally;
- Example: "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
[syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\ (t[=u]"m[-e]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumefied (t[=u]"m[-e]*f[imac]d); 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. [1913 Webster] To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\, v. i. To rise in a tumor; to swell. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tumefy v 1: cause to become very swollen 2: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce]