Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A swelling; the act of swelling, or the state of being swollen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
swelling ; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled.
Etymologies
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Latin inturgescens, present participle of inturgescere to swell up. See in- and turgescent.
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