INTUMESCE


Meaning of INTUMESCE in English

|in.(ˌ)t(y)ü|mes intransitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin intumescere to swell, rise, from in- in- (II) + tumescere to swell, incho. of tumēre to swell — more at thumb

: to enlarge, expand, swell, or bubble up (as from being heated)

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