Definition of swell

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

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Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
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..
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..
Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Bulge :: Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall..
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..
Anasarca :: Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin..
Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.
Swelt :: Swelt () imp. of Swell.
Bulge :: Bulge (v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges..
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
Upswell :: Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.
Olibanum :: Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.
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