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swel⋅ter

  [swel-ter]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to suffer from oppressive heat.
–verb (used with object)
2. to oppress with heat.
3. Archaic. to exude, as venom.
–noun
4. a sweltering condition.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME swelt(e)ren (v.), equiv. to swelt(en) to be overcome with heat (OE sweltan to die; c. ON svelta, Goth swiltan) + -eren -er 6
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Swelter
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swel·ter   (swěl'tər)   
v.   swel·tered, swel·ter·ing, swel·ters

v.   intr.
To suffer from oppressive heat.
v.   tr.

  1. To affect with oppressive heat.

  2. Archaic To exude (venom, for example).

n.  A condition of oppressive heat.

[Middle English swelteren, frequentative of swelten, to faint from heat, from Old English sweltan, to perish.]
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Word Origin & History

swelter 
c.1403, frequentative of swelten "be faint (especially with heat)," c.1386, from O.E. sweltan "to die," from P.Gmc. *swel- (cf. O.S. sweltan "to die," O.N. svelta "to put to death, starve," Goth. sviltan "to die"), originally "to burn slowly," hence "to be overcome with heat or fever;" also the source of O.E. swelan "to burn," from PIE base *swel- "to shine, burn" (see Selene). For specialization of words meaning "to die," cf. starve.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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