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  1. 1. v. i. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To welter; to soak. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To oppress with heat. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To exude, like sweat. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. be uncomfortably hot Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. suffer from intense heat Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. "Sweltered cattle." Coleridge. 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] Drayton. 1. To oppress with heat. Bentley. 2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak. Source: webster
  8. 8. v:100 v. be uncomfortably hot v. suffer from intense heat Source: ecdict

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