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intumesce, v.|ɪntjuːˈmɛs|
[ad. L. intumēscĕre to swell up, f. in- (in-2) + tumēscĕre, inceptive of tumēre to be tumid, to swell.]
intr. To swell up, become tumid; to bubble up.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 276 Treated by the blow pipe, it intumesces, and gives a frothy mass. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) xi. §513 The appearance of an immense caldron, boiling, and bubbling, and intumescing in the upper air. |