intransitive verb
Origin: freq. of ME swelten, to die, swoon away, faint < OE sweltan, to die < IE base *swel-, to burn > Gr heilē, sun's heat
transitive verb
noun
See swelter in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb swel·tered, swel·ter·ing, swel·ters verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English swelteren
Origin: , frequentative of swelten, to faint from heat
Origin: , from Old English sweltan, to perish
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