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Webster 1913 Edition

Intumesce

Inˊtu-mesce′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intumesced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intumescing
.]
[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.
In a higher heat, it
intumesces
, and melts into a yellowish black mass.
Kirwan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intumesce

INTUMESCE

,
Verb.
I.
intumes'. [L. intumesco; in and tumeo, to swell.]
To swell; to enlarge or expand with heat.
In a higher heat it intumesces and melts into a yellowish black mass.

Definition 2024

intumesce

intumesce

English

Verb

intumesce ‎(third-person singular simple present intumesces, present participle intumescing, simple past and past participle intumesced)

  1. To swell or enlarge (abnormally)
  2. To bubble up (as the result of heating)

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Latin

Verb

intumēsce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of intumēscō

Etymology

From Latin intumēscō.

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