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preswell en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + swell.

Meanings

1. To cause to become engorged with fluid prior to some other operation.
   • Most workers, nevertheless, have attempted to interpenetrate the cell wall with monomer by preswelling with water or an oxygenated solvent. 1968, Forest Products Journal - Volume 18, page 50:
   • While incubating with the primary antibody, preswell the protein A–Sepharose beads overnight. 2001, Roberto Bruzzone, Christian Giaume, Connexin Methods and Protocols, →ISBN, page 245:
   • The principal areas covered are deep grouting with several variations, French drains, and forced water techniques designed to preswell the clay. 1984, Robert Wade Brown, Residential Foundations: Design, Behavior, and Repair, page 65:
   • In order to secure uniform depth development it is often necessary to preswell the gelatin to facilitate access of the developer to the deepest grains. 1949, Herman Joseph Yagoda, Radioactive measurements with nuclear emulsions, page 60:
   • Dioctyl phthalate is used to preswell the polymers up to 50% by volume. 1964, Government Reports Announcements:

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