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swelt /swelt/ intransitive verb (pat sweltˈed or (Spenser) swelt)- To die (obsolete or dialect)
- To faint (Spenser, obsolete Scot)
- To swelter (obsolete)
- To pass like a fever (Spenser)
ORIGIN: OE sweltan to die sweltˈer intransitive verb - To endure great heat
- To sweat copiously or feel faint or oppressed by heat
- To exude (in passive; archaic)
transitive verb- To overpower, as with heat
- To exude (archaic; Shakespeare)
noun- A sweltering
- A sweating
- Sweltered venom (archaic)
sweltˈered adjective sweltˈering noun and adjective sweltˈry adjective - Sultry
- Oppressive or oppressed with heat
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