sweinmote

SWE'INMOTE SWELL, verb intransitive preterit tense swelled; participle passive swelled. Swollen is nearly obsolete.. 1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions by matter added to the interior part, or by expansion of the inclosed substance. Thus the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a tumor swells; a bladder swells by inflation. 2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; as, a river swells and overflows its banks. 3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows. In a tempest, the ocean swells into waves mountain high. 4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. 5. To be gloated with anger; to be exasperated. He swells with rage. 6. To be inflated; to belly; as swelling sails. 7. To be turgid or bombastic; as swelling words; a swelling style. 8. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle. 9. To be elated; to rise into arrogance. Your equal mind yet swells not into state. 10. To grow more violent; as, a moderate passion may swell to fury. 11. To grow upon the view; to become larger. --And monarachs to be hold the swelling scene. 12. To become larger in amount. Many little debts added, swell to a great amount. 13. To become louder; as, a sound gradually swells as it approaches. 14. To strut; to look big. --Swelling like a turkey cock. 15. To rise in altitude; as, land swells into hills. SWELL, verb transitive To increase the size, bulk or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate or increase. Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring, and cause floods. Jordan is swelled by the snows of mount Libanus. 1. To aggravate; to highten. It is low ebb with the accuser, when such peccadillos are put to swell the charge. 2. To raise to arrogance; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness. 3. To enlarge. These sums swell the amount of taxes to a fearful size. These victories served to swell the fame of the commander. 4. In music, to augment, as the sound of a note. SWELL, noun Extension of bulk. 1. Increase, as sound; as the swell of a note. 2. A gradual ascent or elevation of land; as an extensive plain abounding with little swells. 3. A wave or billow; more generally, a succession of large waves; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. Swell is also used to denote the waves or fluctuation of the sea after a storm, and the waves that roll in and break upon the shore. 4. In an organ, a certain number of pipes inclosed in a box, which being uncovered, produce a swell of sound.