Definition of swell

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Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..

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Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Beal :: Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple..
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm..
Bigly :: Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Swelt :: Swelt () imp. of Swell.
Intumescence :: Intumescence (n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat..
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..
Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..
Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.
Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..
Bulk :: Bulk (v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell..
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