intumesce
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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)vb
(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 |
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| intumesce |
| intumesce |
| Present |
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| I intumesce |
| you intumesce |
| he/she/it intumesces |
| we intumesce |
| you intumesce |
| they intumesce |
| Preterite |
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| I intumesced |
| you intumesced |
| he/she/it intumesced |
| we intumesced |
| you intumesced |
| they intumesced |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am intumescing |
| you are intumescing |
| he/she/it is intumescing |
| we are intumescing |
| you are intumescing |
| they are intumescing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have intumesced |
| you have intumesced |
| he/she/it has intumesced |
| we have intumesced |
| you have intumesced |
| they have intumesced |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was intumescing |
| you were intumescing |
| he/she/it was intumescing |
| we were intumescing |
| you were intumescing |
| they were intumescing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had intumesced |
| you had intumesced |
| he/she/it had intumesced |
| we had intumesced |
| you had intumesced |
| they had intumesced |
| Future |
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| I will intumesce |
| you will intumesce |
| he/she/it will intumesce |
| we will intumesce |
| you will intumesce |
| they will intumesce |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would intumesce |
| you would intumesce |
| he/she/it would intumesce |
| we would intumesce |
| you would intumesce |
| they would intumesce |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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"
2. [画像:intumesce - expand abnormally]intumesce - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
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"
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"
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Translations
in·tu·mesce
v. intumecer, engrosar, agrandar.
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