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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tumefy
 (vt.)(vi.)(使)腫脹,(使)腫大

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tu·me·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumefied p. pr. & vb. n. Tumefying.]  To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.
    To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought.   --De Quincey.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tu·me·fy, v. i. To rise in a tumor; to swell.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tumefy
      v 1: cause to become very swollen
      2: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are
         swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumesce]
      [also: tumefied]