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tu⋅me⋅fy

  [too-muh-fahy, tyoo-]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to make or become swollen or tumid.
Origin:
1590–1600; back formation from tumefied, Anglicization of L tumefactus (ptp. of tumefacere to cause to swell), equiv. to tume(re) to swell + -factus made, done; see fact, -fy
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tu·me·fy   (tōō'mə-fī', tyōō'-)   
tr. & intr.v.   tu·me·fied, tu·me·fy·ing, tu·me·fies
To swell or cause to swell.

[French tuméfier, Latin tumefacere; see tumefaction.]
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Tumefy

Tu"me*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumefied; 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.

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

Tumefy

Tu"me*fy\, v. i. To rise in a tumor; to swell.
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tumefy tu·me·fy (t&oomacr;'mə-fī', ty&oomacr;'-)
v. tu·me·fied, tu·me·fy·ing, tu·me·fies
To swell or cause to swell.

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