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tu·me·fy
(to͞o′mə-fī′, tyo͞o′-)tr. & intr.v. tu·me·fied, tu·me·fy·ing, tu·me·fies
To swell or cause to swell.
[French tuméfier, Latin tumefacere; see tumefaction.]
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tumefy
(ˈtjuːmɪˌfaɪ)vb, -fies, -fying or -fied
(Medicine) to make or become tumid; swell or puff up
[C16: from French tumēfier, from Latin tumefacere; see tumefacient]
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tu•me•fy
(ˈtu məˌfaɪ, ˈtyu-)v.i., v.t. -fied, -fy•ing.
to become or cause to become swollen.
[1590–1600; < Latin tumefacere to cause to swell =tume-, variant s. of tumēre to swell + facere to make, do 1]
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tumefy
Past participle: tumefied
Gerund: tumefying
| Imperative |
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| tumefy |
| tumefy |
| Present |
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| I tumefy |
| you tumefy |
| he/she/it tumefies |
| we tumefy |
| you tumefy |
| they tumefy |
| Preterite |
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| I tumefied |
| you tumefied |
| he/she/it tumefied |
| we tumefied |
| you tumefied |
| they tumefied |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am tumefying |
| you are tumefying |
| he/she/it is tumefying |
| we are tumefying |
| you are tumefying |
| they are tumefying |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have tumefied |
| you have tumefied |
| he/she/it has tumefied |
| we have tumefied |
| you have tumefied |
| they have tumefied |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was tumefying |
| you were tumefying |
| he/she/it was tumefying |
| we were tumefying |
| you were tumefying |
| they were tumefying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had tumefied |
| you had tumefied |
| he/she/it had tumefied |
| we had tumefied |
| you had tumefied |
| they had tumefied |
| Future |
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| I will tumefy |
| you will tumefy |
| he/she/it will tumefy |
| we will tumefy |
| you will tumefy |
| they will tumefy |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have tumefied |
| you will have tumefied |
| he/she/it will have tumefied |
| we will have tumefied |
| you will have tumefied |
| they will have tumefied |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be tumefying |
| you will be tumefying |
| he/she/it will be tumefying |
| we will be tumefying |
| you will be tumefying |
| they will be tumefying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been tumefying |
| you have been tumefying |
| he/she/it has been tumefying |
| we have been tumefying |
| you have been tumefying |
| they have been tumefying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been tumefying |
| you will have been tumefying |
| he/she/it will have been tumefying |
| we will have been tumefying |
| you will have been tumefying |
| they will have been tumefying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been tumefying |
| you had been tumefying |
| he/she/it had been tumefying |
| we had been tumefying |
| you had been tumefying |
| they had been tumefying |
| Conditional |
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| I would tumefy |
| you would tumefy |
| he/she/it would tumefy |
| we would tumefy |
| you would tumefy |
| they would tumefy |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have tumefied |
| you would have tumefied |
| he/she/it would have tumefied |
| we would have tumefied |
| you would have tumefied |
| they would have tumefied |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Verb 1. [画像:tumefy - cause to become very swollen]tumefy - cause to become very swollen
swell - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
2. [画像:tumefy - expand abnormally]tumefy - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
distend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
puff out, puff up, puff, blow up - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
bloat - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
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Translations
tu·me·fy
vt. entumecerse, hincharse.
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