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tumefacere

tumefacere [CL] 1 to cause to swell. ~cto et putrescente corpore Gosc. Transl. Mild. 32 p. 203; fedissimum ulcus fatiem ejus invasit et tumefecit W. Malm. GP I 68; quare ‥ semper usque versus meridiem ~ctam habebat faciem et oculos ~ctos, sed visum non amittebat? Quaest. Salern. P 96. 2 to cause to swell with pride. oblataeque lupus laudis tumefactus amore Alcuin Carm. 49. 19; elatus, ~tus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 589; nuncia Junonis [i. e. Iris] varios tumefacta colores / induit Gower VC I 1637.

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