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tumefy, v.|ˈtjuːmɪfaɪ|
(erron. tumi-).
[= F. tuméfi-er, ad. L. type *tumeficāre (cf. L. tumefacĕre), f. L. tumē-re to swell: see -fy, and cf. stupefy, rubefy.]
1. trans. To cause to swell; to swell, make tumid.
1597[see prec. a]. 1656Blount Glossogr., Tumefie.., to make to swell, or puff up. 1686[see tumefying below]. 1718J. Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. (1730) I. xi. §15 The Sucker, tumified with Water, is thrust into the Tube. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) III. 132 Like the Athenian plague..it commenced in the head, inflamed the eyes, and tumefied the face.
b. fig. To ‘swell’; to make too bulky; to ‘puff up’, as with pride; to make turgid or bombastic.
1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 89 Being not willing to spare so much time, or tumefie these Papers. 1677[see prec. c]. 1837J. Morier A. Allnutt iv. 21 Having tumefied himself and his possessions by all the pomp and circumstance of two shields, and..a variety of heraldic insignia. 18..De Quincey (Webster 1864), To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought.
2. intr. To swell, swell up, become tumid.
1615[see tumefying below]. 1689Moyle Sea Chyrurg. ii. vii. 51 The wound..will be apt to Tumifie. 1811Pinkerton Petralogy II. 286 Where the air..has most liberty to escape, it will tumify, burst through the liquid mass, and form cellular lava. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 102 The tongue tumefies; the throat becomes sore. 1883R. Haldane Workshop Receipts Ser. ii. 304/2 The solid sheet glue, while drying.., tumefied and became very porous.
Hence ˈtumefying vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1615Crooke Body of Man 79 Although there be no outward tumifying..to be seene. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. vii. 249 Its tumefying influence. |