Found 3 items, similar to tumefy.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tumefy
bengkak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tumefy
tumefy
v 1: cause to become very swollen
2: expand abnormally;
“The bellies of the starving children are
swelling” [syn:
swell,
swell up,
intumesce,
tumesce]
[also:
tumefied]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tumefy
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.
[1913 Webster]
To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but
the tenor of the thought. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
Tumefy
\Tu"me*fy\, v. i.
To rise in a tumor; to swell.
[1913 Webster]