INTUMESCE


Meaning of INTUMESCE in English

/in'too mes", -tyoo-/ , v.i. , intumesced, intumescing .

1. to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.

2. to bubble up.

[ 1790-1800; intumescere to swell up, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + tumescere, equiv. to tum ( ere ) to swell + -escere -ESCE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .