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Pronunciation : Swelt
Part of Speech : obs.
Definition : Defn: imp. of Swell.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swelt
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS. sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS. sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. sv?lta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. Swelter, Sweltry.]
Definition : 1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]

2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer. Night she swelt for passing joy. Spenser.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swelt
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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