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Swelt
(gcide) | Swelt \Swelt\, obs.
imp. of Swell.
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Swelt
(gcide) | Swelt \Swelt\, v. i. [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS.
sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS.
sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw.
sv[aum]lta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf.
Swelter, Sweltry.]
1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]
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2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Night she swelt for passing joy. --Spenser.
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Swelt
(gcide) | Swelt \Swelt\, v. t.
To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.
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swelter
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sweltering
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sweltry
(encz) | sweltry, adj: |
Swelter
(gcide) | Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sweltering.] [From Swelt, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish
with heat. "Sweltered cattle." --Coleridge.
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2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.
[1913 Webster]Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. t.
1. To oppress with heat. --Bentley.
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2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] --Shak.
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Sweltered
(gcide) | Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sweltering.] [From Swelt, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish
with heat. "Sweltered cattle." --Coleridge.
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2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Sweltering
(gcide) | Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sweltering.] [From Swelt, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish
with heat. "Sweltered cattle." --Coleridge.
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2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Sweltry
(gcide) | Sweltry \Swel"try\, a. [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf.
Sultry.]
Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.]
--Evelyn.
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swelter
(wn) | swelter
v 1: be uncomfortably hot
2: suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach" |
sweltering
(wn) | sweltering
adj 1: excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and
faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
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sweltry
(wn) | sweltry
adj 1: excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and
faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
[syn: sweltering, sweltry] |
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