Definition of Tumfy
Tu"me*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tumefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tumefying.] [F. tuméfier, 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.
Tu"me*fy, v. i. To rise in a tumor; to
swell.
Tu"me*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tumefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tumefying.] [F. tuméfier, 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.
Tu"me*fy, v. i. To rise in a tumor; to
swell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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