Tumefying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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           To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but
           the tenor of the thought.                --De Quincey.
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