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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

Inturgescence :: Inturgescence (n.) A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled..

Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..

Rise :: Rise (n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.

Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.

Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..

Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.

Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..

Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.

Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain..

Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..

Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.

Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.

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