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Definition of Swelt
1. v. i. To die; to perish.
2. v. t. To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.
Definition of Swelt
1. Verb. (obsolete except dialect) To die. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete except dialect) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swelt
1. to swelter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: swelter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelt
Literary usage of Swelt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Nigh she swelt For passing joy, which did all into ... I behold the darken'd sun
bereav'n Of all his light, the battlements of Heav'n swelt'riny in flames. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"To swelt. va To overpower as with heat ... To swelt. i'. n. ... ffrom swelt.']
To be pained with heat. ..."
3. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"swelt, To overpower with heat, so as to be ready to faint away. ... That nigh
she swelt For passing joy." Spenser. " The knightes swelt for lack of shade ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"swelt [swelt], v. to melt with heat; to perspire profusely. ... Chaucer uses the
word swelt, fainted. Kn. Tale, 498. swelt, N., v. to swoon. ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Nigh she swelt For passing joy, which did all into ... I behold the darken'd sun
bereav'n Of all his light, the battlements of Heav'n swelt'riny in flames. ..."
6. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"To swelt. va To overpower as with heat ... To swelt. i'. n. ... ffrom swelt.']
To be pained with heat. ..."
7. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"swelt, To overpower with heat, so as to be ready to faint away. ... That nigh
she swelt For passing joy." Spenser. " The knightes swelt for lack of shade ..."
8. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"swelt [swelt], v. to melt with heat; to perspire profusely. ... Chaucer uses the
word swelt, fainted. Kn. Tale, 498. swelt, N., v. to swoon. ..."
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