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What is the verb for swollen?

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swell
  1. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
  2. (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
  3. (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
  4. (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
  5. (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
  6. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  7. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
  8. To protuberate; to bulge out.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “Hot air found its way into the balloon, which began to swell and rise out of the basket.”
      “Mr. Borda expected kangaroo numbers would swell again in September or October and predicted the state would not cope with more animals.”
      “The thought of managing his own store someday made Glen swell with pride.”
swelt
  1. (obsolete outside dialects) To die.
  2. (obsolete outside dialects) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
swole
  1. (Southern US, African American Vernacular) simple past tense and past participle of swell
swoll
swelling
swelt
  1. (obsolete) simple past tense of swell
swollen
swelts
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swelt
swellest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of swell
swelleth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of swell
swelled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of swell
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A large welt had swelled upon his head, but to his credit the blow hadn't caused him to bleed.”
      “Offshore, breakers swelled in the whitecaps and then crashed in the shallow water, strong enough to body surf for twenty yards.”
      “Their chests swelled with pride as they saluted the general, did an about-face, and marched away exuberantly.”
swelted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of swelt
swelting
  1. present participle of swelt
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