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in⋅tu⋅mesce
[in-too-mes, -tyoo-] 
tʊˈmɛs
–verb (used without object), -mesced, -mesc⋅ing.
| 1. | to swell up, as with heat; become tumid. |
| 2. | to bubble up. |
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| in·tu·mesce (ĭn'tōō-měs', -tyōō-) intr.v. in·tu·mesced, in·tu·mesc·ing, in·tu·mesc·es
[Latin intumēscere : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + tumēscere, to begin to swell, inchoative of tumēre, to swell; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Intumesce
In`tu*mesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intumesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Intumescing.] [L. intumescere; pref. in- in + tumescere to swell up, incho. fr. tumere to swell. See Tumid.] To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe. In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass. --Kirwan.
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intumesce in·tu·mesce (ĭn't&oomacr;-měs', -ty&oomacr;-)
v. in·tu·mesced, in·tu·mesc·ing, in·tu·mesc·es
- To swell or expand; enlarge.
- To bubble up, especially from the effect of heating.
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