slovo | definícia |
tumefy (encz) | tumefy, v: |
Tumefy (gcide) | 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.
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Tumefy (gcide) | Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\, v. i.
To rise in a tumor; to swell.
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tumefy (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, tumefy,
tumesce] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
tumefy (encz) | tumefy, v: |
Tumefying (gcide) | 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] |
tumefy (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, tumefy,
tumesce] |
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