What is to aggravate; to heighten. It is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge. Atterbury called?
swell — To aggravate; to heighten. It is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge. Atterbury. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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