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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 swel·ter /ˈswɛltɚ/
 (vi.)悶熱,被暑氣所苦,汗流夾背(vt.)使悶熱,使中暑悶熱

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Swel·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering.]
 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. Sweltered cattle.”
 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Swel·ter, v. t.
 1. To oppress with heat.
 2. To exude, like sweat. [R.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 swelter
      v 1: be uncomfortably hot
      2: suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"