Tumefy

[imp. & p. p. TUMEFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. TUMEFYING.] [Fr. tuméfier, Sp. tumefacer, It. tumefare, Lat. tumefacere, from tumere, to swell, and facere, to make.] To swell; to cause to swell. “To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought.” De Quincey.