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Swelter

Swelter Meaning & Definition
Swelter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swelter?

[v] suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
[v] be uncomfortably hot

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See Also | perspire | sudate | suffer | sweat

Swelter In Webster's Dictionary

\Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. 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\, v. t. 1. To oppress with heat. --Bentley. 2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] --Shak.

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