/tooh"meuh fuy', tyooh"-/ , v.t., v.i., tumefied, tumefying .
to make or become swollen or tumid.
[ 1590-1600; back formation from tumefied, Anglicization of L tumefactus (ptp. of tumefacere to cause to swell), equiv. to tume ( re ) to swell + -factus made, done; see FACT, -FY ]