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in·tu·mesce

(ĭn′to͞o-mĕs′, -tyo͞o-)

intr.v. in·tu·mesced, in·tu·mesc·ing, in·tu·mesc·es

1. To swell or expand; enlarge.

2. To bubble up, especially from the effect of heating.

[Latin intumēscere : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + tumēscere, to begin to swell, inchoative of tumēre, to swell; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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intumesce

(ˌɪntjʊˈmɛs)

(intr) to swell or become swollen; undergo intumescence

[C18: from Latin intumescere, from tumescere to begin to swell, from tumēre to swell]

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intumesce

Past participle: intumesced
Gerund: intumescing

Imperative
intumesce
intumesce

Present
I intumesce
you intumesce
he/she/it intumesces
we intumesce
you intumesce
they intumesce

Preterite
I intumesced
you intumesced
he/she/it intumesced
we intumesced
you intumesced
they intumesced

Present Continuous
I am intumescing
you are intumescing
he/she/it is intumescing
we are intumescing
you are intumescing
they are intumescing

Present Perfect
I have intumesced
you have intumesced
he/she/it has intumesced
we have intumesced
you have intumesced
they have intumesced

Past Continuous
I was intumescing
you were intumescing
he/she/it was intumescing
we were intumescing
you were intumescing
they were intumescing

Past Perfect
I had intumesced
you had intumesced
he/she/it had intumesced
we had intumesced
you had intumesced
they had intumesced

Future
I will intumesce
you will intumesce
he/she/it will intumesce
we will intumesce
you will intumesce
they will intumesce

Future Perfect
I will have intumesced
you will have intumesced
he/she/it will have intumesced
we will have intumesced
you will have intumesced
they will have intumesced

Future Continuous
I will be intumescing
you will be intumescing
he/she/it will be intumescing
we will be intumescing
you will be intumescing
they will be intumescing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been intumescing
you have been intumescing
he/she/it has been intumescing
we have been intumescing
you have been intumescing
they have been intumescing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been intumescing
you will have been intumescing
he/she/it will have been intumescing
we will have been intumescing
you will have been intumescing
they will have been intumescing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been intumescing
you had been intumescing
he/she/it had been intumescing
we had been intumescing
you had been intumescing
they had been intumescing

Conditional
I would intumesce
you would intumesce
he/she/it would intumesce
we would intumesce
you would intumesce
they would intumesce

Past Conditional
I would have intumesced
you would have intumesced
he/she/it would have intumesced
we would have intumesced
you would have intumesced
they would have intumesced

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Verb	1.	intumesce - 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" bubble up rise up, surface, come up, rise - come to the surface
	2.	intumesce - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" swell up, tumesce, tumefy, swell distend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows" expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" belly, belly out - swell out or bulge out puff out, puff up, puff, blow up - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" bloat - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" blister, vesicate - get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"

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in·tu·mesce

v. intumecer, engrosar, agrandar.

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