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intumesce

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Verb (intransitive)
 : 
in=tu=mesce

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb intumesce has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

intumescev. i. [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.  [1913 Webster]
    "In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intumesce, v.intr. swell up.

Derivative
intumescence n. intumescent adj.
Etymology
L intumescere (as IN-(2), tumescere incept. of tumere swell)
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