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swelted

swelted is the simple past and past participle of swelt.

Meaning of swelt

Verb

swelt (third-person singular simple present swelts, present participle swelting, simple past and past participle swelted or swelt)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) To die.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
    • Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did swelt,1567, Arthur Golding; Ovid's Metamorphoses Book. 1; line 571

Questions about swelted

What is swelted the simple past and past participle of?
Swelted is the simple past and past participle of swelt.

Words near swelted in the dictionary

  1. swelltoad
  2. swelltoads
  3. swelly
  4. swelp
  5. swelt
  6. swelted
  7. swelter
  8. sweltered
  9. sweltering
  10. swelteringly
  11. swelterings

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