tumefy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to become very swollen
  2. verb expand abnormally
    swell up; swell; intumesce; tumesce.
    • The bellies of the starving children are swelling

WordNet

Tu"me*fy transitive verb
Etymology
F. tuméfier, fr. L. tumere to swell + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See Tumid, and -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tumefied ; present participle & verbal noun Tumefying
Definitions
  1. To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.
    To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought. De Quincey.
Tu"me*fy intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To rise in a tumor; to swell.

Webster 1913