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Definition of Swelled
1. Adjective. Feeling self-importance. "He was swelled with pride"
Definition of Swelled
1. Verb. (past of swell) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swelled
1. swell [v] - See also: swell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelled
Literary usage of Swelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"... clashed the eight bells in the tower, loud swelled the Bounding bands, flute
spake and clarion answered, deep rolled the drums, and away they marched. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Everard Home (1810)
"X. OF THE swelled TESTICLE. r '• • A very common symptom attending gonorrhoea is
a swelling of the testicle. This, I believe, like the affection of the ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Unfeigned joy, wonder, and gratitude, swelled the acclamations of the multitude ;
but the satisfaction of the senate was clouded by the appearance of ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... its population far more rapidly increasing than that of any other country,
and swelled by an emigration from Europe such as the world has never before ..."
5. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"It was dreadfully swelled for a couple of days; but to-day, though I still cannot
get a shoe on, or walk, it is so much better that I am sure it will be all ..."
6. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"The din of sheer fighting had swelled into the roar of a tumult. Alexander Miller,
the acting Adjutant of the Greys, was famous in his regiment for the ..."
7. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"... clashed the eight bells in the tower, loud swelled the Bounding bands, flute
spake and clarion answered, deep rolled the drums, and away they marched. ..."
8. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Everard Home (1810)
"X. OF THE swelled TESTICLE. r '• • A very common symptom attending gonorrhoea is
a swelling of the testicle. This, I believe, like the affection of the ..."
9. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Unfeigned joy, wonder, and gratitude, swelled the acclamations of the multitude ;
but the satisfaction of the senate was clouded by the appearance of ..."
10. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... its population far more rapidly increasing than that of any other country,
and swelled by an emigration from Europe such as the world has never before ..."
11. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"It was dreadfully swelled for a couple of days; but to-day, though I still cannot
get a shoe on, or walk, it is so much better that I am sure it will be all ..."
12. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"The din of sheer fighting had swelled into the roar of a tumult. Alexander Miller,
the acting Adjutant of the Greys, was famous in his regiment for the ..."
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