tumefy

tu·me·fy

T0408300 (to͞o′mə-fī′, tyo͞o′-)tr. & intr.v. tu·me·fied, tu·me·fy·ing, tu·me·fies To swell or cause to swell.

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[French tuméfier, Latin tumefacere; see tumefaction.]

tumefy

(ˈtjuːmɪˌfaɪ) vb, -fies, -fying or -fied (Medicine) to make or become tumid; swell or puff up[C16: from French tumēfier, from Latin tumefacere; see tumefacient]

tu•me•fy

(ˈtu məˌfaɪ, ˈtyu-)

v.i., v.t. -fied, -fy•ing. to become or cause to become swollen. [1590–1600; < Latin tumefacere to cause to swell =tume-, variant s. of tumēre to swell + facere to make, do¹]

tumefy

Past participle: tumefied
Gerund: tumefying

Imperative
tumefy
tumefy

Present
I tumefy
you tumefy
he/she/it tumefies
we tumefy
you tumefy
they tumefy

Preterite
I tumefied
you tumefied
he/she/it tumefied
we tumefied
you tumefied
they tumefied

Present Continuous
I am tumefying
you are tumefying
he/she/it is tumefying
we are tumefying
you are tumefying
they are tumefying

Present Perfect
I have tumefied
you have tumefied
he/she/it has tumefied
we have tumefied
you have tumefied
they have tumefied

Past Continuous
I was tumefying
you were tumefying
he/she/it was tumefying
we were tumefying
you were tumefying
they were tumefying

Past Perfect
I had tumefied
you had tumefied
he/she/it had tumefied
we had tumefied
you had tumefied
they had tumefied

Future
I will tumefy
you will tumefy
he/she/it will tumefy
we will tumefy
you will tumefy
they will tumefy

Future Perfect
I will have tumefied
you will have tumefied
he/she/it will have tumefied
we will have tumefied
you will have tumefied
they will have tumefied

Future Continuous
I will be tumefying
you will be tumefying
he/she/it will be tumefying
we will be tumefying
you will be tumefying
they will be tumefying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tumefying
you have been tumefying
he/she/it has been tumefying
we have been tumefying
you have been tumefying
they have been tumefying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tumefying
you will have been tumefying
he/she/it will have been tumefying
we will have been tumefying
you will have been tumefying
they will have been tumefying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tumefying
you had been tumefying
he/she/it had been tumefying
we had been tumefying
you had been tumefying
they had been tumefying

Conditional
I would tumefy
you would tumefy
he/she/it would tumefy
we would tumefy
you would tumefy
they would tumefy

Past Conditional
I would have tumefied
you would have tumefied
he/she/it would have tumefied
we would have tumefied
you would have tumefied
they would have tumefied

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	tumefy - cause to become very swollen swell - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
	2.	tumefy - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"swell up, tumesce, intumesce, swelldistend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"belly, belly out - swell out or bulge outpuff out, puff up, puff, blow up - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"bloat - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"blister, vesicate - get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"

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