About The Word Intumesce
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Intumesce
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What's The Definition Of Intumesce?
[v] expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
[v] move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically; "Gases bubbled up from the earth"; "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America" Synonyms | Synonyms for Intumesce: bubble up | swell | swell up | tumefy Related Terms | Find terms related to Intumesce: See Also | belly | belly out | blister | bloat | blow up | come up | distend | expand | puff | puff out | puff up | rise | rise up | surface | vesicate Intumesce In Webster's Dictionary \In`tu*mesce"\, v. 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.
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