'Tumefying' definitions:
Definition of 'Tumefying'
From: GCIDE
- Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\ (t[=u]"m[-e]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumefied (t[=u]"m[-e]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Tumefying.] [F. tum['e]fier, fr. L. tumere to swell + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See Tumid, and -fy.] To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up. [1913 Webster]
- To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]