2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
sweltered — swel·ter || sweltÉ™(r) v. suffer from intense heat … English contemporary dictionary
sweltered — sweltˈered adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑swelt … Useful english dictionary
swelter — [[t]swe̱ltə(r)[/t]] swelters, sweltering, sweltered VERB If you swelter, you are very uncomfortable because the weather is extremely hot. They sweltered in temperatures rising to a hundred degrees... Fred and Volodia sweltered at night in the… … English dictionary
Swelter — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sweltering — Swelter 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To welter; to soak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swelter — I. verb (sweltered; sweltering) Etymology: Middle English sweltren, frequentative of swelten to die, be overcome by heat, from Old English sweltan to die; akin to Gothic swiltan to die Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to suffer, sweat, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
swelter — UK [ˈsweltə(r)] / US [ˈsweltər] verb [intransitive] Word forms swelter : present tense I/you/we/they swelter he/she/it swelters present participle sweltering past tense sweltered past participle sweltered to be affected in an uncomfortable way by … English dictionary
swel|ter — «SWEHL tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to suffer from heat: »We sweltered…in the stagnant superheated air (Joseph Conrad). 2. to perspire freely; sweat. –v.t. 1. to oppress with heat. 2. to exude (venom … Useful english dictionary
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