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swelting

swelting is the present participle and gerund 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 swelting

What is swelting the present participle and gerund of?
Swelting is the present participle and gerund of swelt.

Words near swelting in the dictionary

  1. swelteringly
  2. swelterings
  3. swelters
  4. sweltersome
  5. sweltery
  6. swelting
  7. sweltry
  8. swelts
  9. swen
  10. swene
  11. Swenglish

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