Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

. +

tumescens

, p. pr. of

tumescere

, incho. fr.

tumere

to swell: cf. F.

extumescence

A swelling or rising.

[R.]

Cotgrave.

Syn. – Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness; profusion; richness; overflow; overgrowth; rankness; wantonness. See

Noun.

[L. extumescens, extumesco; ex and tumesco, tumeo, to swell.] A swelling or rising. [Little used.]

extumescence ‎(plural extumescences)

A swelling or rising.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Cotgrave to this entry?)