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Intumesce

//ɪntjʊˈmɛs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To swell or enlarge (abnormally)
  2. 2
    expand abnormally wordnet
  3. 3
    To bubble up (as the result of heating)
  4. 4
    move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically wordnet

Etymology

From Latin intumēscō.

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