/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 ]
/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 . 2012