unswellv.
intransitive. To recover from a swollen state.
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the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > of injury, etc.: heal [verb (intransitive)] > of body part: recover from swollen state
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1146 Ebben gan þe welle Of here teris, and þe herte vnswelle.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 214 But þo bygan a lytel his herte vnswelle, Thorugh teris, which þat gonnen vp to welle.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 328/2 Unswolne, desgourdy.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Se desenfler, to vnswel, to asswage.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxviii. 195 When the Fracture is opened the Member unswels, if the matter runs out.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. xi. 229 Her whole hand, which was before tumid, unswelled again.
1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 26 On Friday Morning.. the Throat appeared unswelled, and there was a greater Freedom in swallowing.
1778 Earl of Pembroke Mil. Equitation (ed. 3) 117 I have seen by repeated experiments legs swell, and unswell, by leaving litter, or taking it away.
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