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Webster 1913 Edition

Swelter

Swel′ter

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sweltered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sweltering
.]
[From
Swelt
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
“Sweltered cattle.”
Coleridge.
2.
To welter; to soak.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

Swel′ter

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To oppress with heat.
Bentley.
2.
To exude, like sweat.
[R.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swelter

SWELT'ER

,
Verb.
I.
[from swelt.] To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.

SWELT'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To oppress with heat.

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