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Meaning of 'intumesce' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intumesce [ v. i.]
- To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.

Meaning of 'intumesce' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intumesce [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
Example in sentence:
  • Gases bubbled up from the earth;
  • Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America
Meaning (2):
- expand abnormally
Example in sentence:
  • The bellies of the starving children are swelling

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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