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IntumesceIntumesce 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. IntumescedIntumesce 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. Intumescence
Intumescence In`tu*mes"cence, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.]
1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the
state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially,
the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.
The intumescence of nations. --Johnson.
2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
Intumescent
Intumescent In`tu*mes"cent, a. [L. intumescens, p. pr.]
Swelling up; expanding.
IntumescingIntumesce 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. IntumulatedIntumulated In*tu"mu*la`ted, a. [L. intumulatus. See In-
not, and Tumulate.]
Unburied. [Obs.]
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