Definition of Swelt

1. v. i. To die; to perish.

2. v. t. To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.

Definition of Swelt

1. Verb. (obsolete except dialect) To die. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete except dialect) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swelt

1. to swelter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: swelter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelt

swellfish
swellfishes
swellhead
swellheaded
swellheadedness
swellheads
swelling
swelling soil
swellingly
swellings
swellish
swells
swelltoad
swelltoads
swelp
swelt (current term)
swelted
swelter
sweltered
sweltering
swelteringly
swelters
sweltery
swelting
sweltrier
sweltriest
sweltry
swelts
swept
swept path

Literary usage of Swelt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Nigh she swelt For passing joy, which did all into ... I behold the darken'd sun bereav'n Of all his light, the battlements of Heav'n swelt'riny in flames. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"To swelt. va To overpower as with heat ... To swelt. i'. n. ... ffrom swelt.'] To be pained with heat. ..."

3. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"swelt, To overpower with heat, so as to be ready to faint away. ... That nigh she swelt For passing joy." Spenser. " The knightes swelt for lack of shade ..."

4. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"swelt [swelt], v. to melt with heat; to perspire profusely. ... Chaucer uses the word swelt, fainted. Kn. Tale, 498. swelt, N., v. to swoon. ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Nigh she swelt For passing joy, which did all into ... I behold the darken'd sun bereav'n Of all his light, the battlements of Heav'n swelt'riny in flames. ..."

6. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"To swelt. va To overpower as with heat ... To swelt. i'. n. ... ffrom swelt.'] To be pained with heat. ..."

7. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"swelt, To overpower with heat, so as to be ready to faint away. ... That nigh she swelt For passing joy." Spenser. " The knightes swelt for lack of shade ..."

8. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"swelt [swelt], v. to melt with heat; to perspire profusely. ... Chaucer uses the word swelt, fainted. Kn. Tale, 498. swelt, N., v. to swoon. ..."

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