INTUMESCE

swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

(verb) expand abnormally; “The bellies of the starving children are swelling”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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

To swell or enlarge (abnormally)

To bubble up (as the result of heating)

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

In`tu*mesce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intumesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Intumescing.] Etym: [L. intumescere; pref. in- in + tumescere to swell up, incho. fr. tumere to swell. See Tumid.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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