Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TUR'GENT
TURF'YTUR-GES'CENCE, or TUR-GES'CEN-CY
TUR'GENT, a. [L. turgens, from turgeo, to swell.]
Swelling; tumid; rising into a tumor or puffy state; as, when the humors are turgent. Gov. of the Tongue.
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