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Definition of: intumesce
(in′t
·mes′, -ty-) v.i. ·mesced, ·mesc·ing
1. To enlarge or expand, as from heat or congestion.
2. To swell or bubble up; become tumid. [<L intumescere, intens. of tumescere, inceptive of tumere swell]
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